M 4.6 in Japan on 15 Sep 2020 06:06 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 1235463
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.9656 , 140.5846
Event Date: 15 Sep 2020 06:06 UTC
15 Sep 2020 15:06 Local
Exposed Population:
26920000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 Sep 2020 08:04 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000bneq Scaled population (vector) 7.15  
  C1 earthquake 0.73  
  C2 earthquake -0.22  
  Country Vulnerability -0.71  
  INFORM_normalised 0.57  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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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: 150 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

'Of one thing we can be certain, the fires will return': Greg Mullins' ... Fri, 18 Sep 2020 16:08:00 +0200.

The large billowing plumes of brown smoke in the distance were turning black against the dome of blue sky. Even as a boy of 12, standing in his front yard in Sydney on a hot, windy morning in October 1971, Greg Mullins knew that this meant
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The Tokyo Olympics will be held “with or without” the Covid-19, accord ... Fri, 18 Sep 2020 11:39:00 +0200.

The Tokyo Olympics, postponed to 2021, will take place next year, regardless of the coronavirus pandemic, John Coates, vice-president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Monday. In a telephone interview with AFP on Mon
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Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - September 12~18Fri, 18 Sep 2020 10:46:00 +0200.

A burnt car and debris are left in Phoenix, Oregon, on Sept. 13, 2020, after deadly wildfires that raged in western U.S. states. (Kyodo) The season's first catch of red snow crabs is landed at a port in Sakaiminato in Tottori Prefecture, w
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GSM Seeking Crowdfunding for Self-developed 270,000mAh Large-capacity ... Fri, 18 Sep 2020 08:47:00 +0200.

NAHA, Japan Sept. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- GSM Co., Ltd. has succeeded in developing the latest generator, dubbed "RELIFE," which has the great appeal of being able to replace the battery. From GSM's initial concept, it took the company's t
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),