M 5.2 Off-shore on 12 Apr 2016 12:07 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 1084225
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -55.2788 , 145.9242
Event Date: 12 Apr 2016 12:07 UTC
12 Apr 2016 22:07 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 Apr 2016 12:30 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 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.
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Latest media headlines

At least 29 dead as second earthquake hits Japan 4/16/2016 10:29:00 AM.

An earthquake registering a magnitude of 7.3 struck southern Japan early Saturday, killing at least 29 people and injuring 1,500 less than 24 hours after a quake Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said that of the 1,500 injured, 80 were
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At least 29 dead as second earthquake hits Japan 4/16/2016 10:29:00 AM.

An earthquake registering a magnitude of 7.3 struck southern Japan early Saturday, killing at least 29 people and injuring 1,500 less than 24 hours after a quake Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said that of the 1,500 injured, 80 were
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Deadly earthquake Kyushu, Japan - Violent M7.3 aftershock - at least 2.. 4/16/2016 10:29:00 AM.

– https://www.facebook.com/earthquakeimpactdatabase Update 07:53 UTC : Sorry to report a new increase in numbers: The toll of the earthquake at this moment is at least 20 fatalities and 2000 people injured Together with the mainschok : 29
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This is how the ‘miracle’ baby who survived the Nepal earthquake looks.. 4/16/2016 10:29:00 AM.

Sonies Awal is doing well (Picture: Mirrorpix) A ‘miracle baby’ who was pulled from the rubble of the Nepal earthquake is doing well a year later. Sonies Aawal managed to survive thanks to a cupboard that dropped over his bed and kept him s
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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), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),