M 4.7 in Japan on 28 Feb 2021 16:12 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 1257897
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: 30.1611 , 131.1664
Event Date: 28 Feb 2021 16:12 UTC
01 Mar 2021 01:12 Local
Exposed Population:
About 44000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Feb 2021 17:18 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000dedd Scaled population (vector) 4.63  
  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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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© Fournis par Le Point. Y uto Naganuma, 26 ans, regarde en silence des ruines balayées par un vent glacial: celles de l'école primaire où son petit frère a perdu la vie lors du tsunami du 11 mars 2011 dans le nord-est du Dix ans après, Yuto
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Les TsunamisThu, 04 Mar 2021 14:23:00 +0100.

Il y aura tout juste dix ans, le 11 mars, l'un des séismes les plus puissants jamais enregistrés a entraîné un tsunami dévastateur sur les côtes nord-est du Japon, provoquant aussi le plus grave accident nucléaire depuis le drame de Tcherno
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Fukushima: récit d’une catastrophe nucléaireThu, 04 Mar 2021 14:23:00 +0100.

Il y aura tout juste dix ans, le 11 mars, l'un des séismes les plus puissants jamais enregistrés a entraîné un tsunami dévastateur sur les côtes nord-est du Japon, provoquant aussi le plus grave accident nucléaire depuis le drame de Tcherno
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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),