M 4.8 in Japan on 04 Nov 2013 13:47 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 1011072
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 35.07 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.71 , 141.15
Event Date: 04 Nov 2013 13:47 UTC
04 Nov 2013 22:47 Local
Exposed Population:
2396858 people within 100km
Inserted at: 04 Nov 2013 15:50 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Another earthquake: New 4.9 tremor near Fukushima 11/4/2013 3:50:00 PM.

A 4.9 magnitude earthquake with an epicenter close to Fukushima Prefecture has struck the eastern coast of Japan, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The tremor was registered at a depth of 20 km. There have not been immediate reports of
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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), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),