M 4.6 in Japan on 16 Jan 2021 08:08 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 1251807
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 52.92 Km
Lat/Lon: 39.5746 , 142.8766
Event Date: 16 Jan 2021 08:08 UTC
16 Jan 2021 18:08 Local
Exposed Population:
130000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 Jan 2021 08:40 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000d0m1 Scaled population (vector) 4.17  
  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.
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Latest media headlines

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Universe, Vol. 7, Pages 20: Correlations between Earthquake Properties ... Wed, 20 Jan 2021 07:18:00 +0100.

In this study, we improved and adapted existing signal processing methods on vast geomagnetic field data to investigate the correlations between various earthquake properties and characteristics of possible geomagnetic precursors. The data
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Heavy snowfall causes massive pileup of 130 vehicles in northeastern J ... Tue, 19 Jan 2021 16:33:00 +0100.

At least one person died while 10 others sustained injuries as heavy snowfall blanketed wide areas of northeastern Japan, resulting in a multiple-vehicular accident on Tuesday, January 19, 2021. More than 130 vehicles and some 200 people we
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Universe, Vol. 7, Pages 20: Correlations between Earthquake Properties ... Tue, 19 Jan 2021 14:21:00 +0100.

In this study, we improved and adapted existing signal processing methods on vast geomagnetic field data to investigate the correlations between various earthquake properties and characteristics of possible geomagnetic precursors. The data
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Conjugate faulting and structural complexity on the young fault system ... Tue, 19 Jan 2021 11:51:00 +0100.

Young faults display unique complexity associated with their evolution, but how this relates to earthquake occurrence is unclear. Unravelling the fine-scale complexity in these systems could lead to a greater understanding of ongoing strain
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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),