M 4.6 in Japan on 26 Jul 2020 14:11 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1227716
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.1866 , 129.1777
Event Date: 26 Jul 2020 14:11 UTC
26 Jul 2020 23:11 Local
Exposed Population:
About 45000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 Jul 2020 14:58 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000b4ed Scaled population (vector) 4.28  
  C1 earthquake 0.73  
  C2 earthquake -0.22  
  Country Vulnerability -0.71  
  INFORM_normalised 0.57  
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Latest media headlines

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Un terremoto de 5,8 grados de magnitud en la escala abierta de Richter registrado muy lejos de la costa de Japón desató las alarmas en Tokio y forzó una breve interrupción en el metro, aunque no pudo sentirse en la capital nipona. El movim
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'Overstated magnitude' caused quake alert that set Tokyo on edgeThu, 30 Jul 2020 09:50:00 +0200.

TOKYO (BLOOMBERG) - Tokyo residents were rattled on Thursday (July 30) morning after an alert broadcast to smartphones across the capital warned of an impending magnitude 7.3 earthquake about to hit the capital - only for no quake to arrive
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Gov't issues false strong quake alertThu, 30 Jul 2020 09:33:00 +0200.

The Japanese weather agency said it issued Thursday morning a false strong earthquake alert to wide areas of Japan due to errors in locating the quake's focus and estimating its magnitude, with train services disrupted by the mistake. The 9
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‘Overstated Magnitude’ Caused Quake Alert That Set Tokyo on EdgeThu, 30 Jul 2020 09:18:00 +0200.

Tokyo residents were rattled Thursday morning after an alert broadcast to smartphones across the capital warned of an impending magnitude 7.3 earthquake about to hit the capital -- only for no quake to arrive. The alert at 9:38 a.m. was a f
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),