M 5.4 in Japan on 05 Aug 2020 17:53 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 1229013
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.1031 , 141.88
Event Date: 05 Aug 2020 17:53 UTC
06 Aug 2020 02:53 Local
Exposed Population: About 1000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 05 Aug 2020 18:13 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000b9t8 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 119 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Shake alert: Why New Zealanders want an earthquake early warning syste ... Sun, 09 Aug 2020 04:10:00 +0200.

After one of New Zealand's shakiest decades in history, Kiwis overwhelmingly want the country to build a system to give us all a heads-up when future quakes hit. Earthquake early warning (EEW) systems work by detecting and reacting to an ea
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Nuclear threats are increasing – here's how the US should prepare for ... Sat, 08 Aug 2020 15:52:00 +0200.

, which I proposed in 2017. Such a group could bring together nuclear and nonnuclear technical and health professionals for education and training, and help to meet the preparedness, coordination, collaboration and staffing requirements nec
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Nuclear threats are increasing – here’s how the US should prepare…Fri, 07 Aug 2020 15:01:00 +0200.

What would this workforce need to be prepared to manage? For that we can look back at the legacy of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as nuclear accidents like Chernobyl and Fukushima. What happens when a nuclear device
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The US Must Prepare to Respond to a Nuclear DisasterThu, 06 Aug 2020 18:12:00 +0200.

, which I proposed in 2017. Such a group could bring together nuclear and nonnuclear technical and health professionals for education and training, and help to meet the preparedness, coordination, collaboration and staffing requirements nec
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),