M 4.7 in Japan on 15 May 2021 11:03 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 1268857
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 16.19 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.2583 , 141.7467
Event Date: 15 May 2021 11:03 UTC
15 May 2021 20:03 Local
Exposed Population:
About 23000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 May 2021 11:31 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000e3da Scaled population (vector) 3.38  
  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

Articles: 262 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

M6.7 earthquake in South Pacific No tsunami impact-WeathernewsWed, 19 May 2021 08:14:00 +0200.

There was an earthquake overseas around 9:42 on May 19th (Wednesday), Japan time. The epicenter is the South Pacific (southern East Pacific Rise), and the magnitude of the earthquake is estimated to be 6.7. * The epicenter is from the Unite
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Terremoto M6.7 en Pacífico Sur Sin impacto de tsunami-WeathernewsWed, 19 May 2021 05:45:00 +0200.

Hubo un terremoto en el extranjero alrededor de las 9:42 del 19 de mayo (miércoles), hora de Japón. El epicentro es el Pacífico Sur (Sur del Pacífico Oriental Rise), y la magnitud del terremoto se estima en 6.7. * El epicentro es del Centro
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Newly published data provides clearer picture of volcano collapseTue, 18 May 2021 14:23:00 +0200.

New high-resolution seafloor and sub-seafloor hydroacoustic surveys have provided a comprehensive view of what the landslide deposits look like underwater. "The renderings show how deep the sediment slid underwater and how large the pieces
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Newly published data provides clearer picture of volcano collapseTue, 18 May 2021 12:06:00 +0200.

An article recently published in the prestigious journal Nature Communications, written by University of Rhode Island College of Engineering Professor Stéphan Grilli and his colleagues, reveals new data on the Anak Krakatau volcano flank co
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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.
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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),