M 4.6 in Japan on 13 Apr 2016 04:46 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 1084278
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 22.51 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.0921 , 141.9577
Event Date: 13 Apr 2016 04:46 UTC
13 Apr 2016 13:46 Local
Exposed Population:
381710 people within 100km
Inserted at: 13 Apr 2016 05:12 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Time Running Out To Find Quake Survivors 4/17/2016 2:24:00 AM.

As the death toll topped 40 from two earthquakes this week in southwest Japan, government officials worried that the window of time to find survivors will soon run out. About 2,000 people were reported injured, about 190 of them seriously.
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Japón: Población evita viviendas tras de 2 noches de sismos 4/17/2016 2:13:00 AM.

Los Tanaka se unieron a aproximadamente otros 50 residentes del poblado de Ozu, en el sur de Japón, que estaban planeando dormir el sábado en sus automóviles en un parque público después de dos noches de terremotos crecientemente más atemor
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Thousands evacuated from homes as hunt for Japan quake survivors goes .. 4/17/2016 2:01:00 AM.

Tokyo : Japanese authorities have ordered nearly a quarter of a million people from their homes after a deadly earthquake struck a southern island and the search for survivors went on into the early hours of Sunday amid worsening weather co
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Japón: decenas de muertos tras terremoto de 7.1 grados 4/17/2016 1:44:00 AM.

Un nuevo terremoto golpeó la zona suroeste de Japón, afectada por los últimos sismos y cientos de réplicas que dejan al menos 32 muertos, aunque las autoridades temen que el balance de víctimas se incremente. Medios nipones informaron que a
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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 (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),