M 4.6 in Japan on 15 Apr 2016 21:40 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 1084474
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 32.9677 , 130.8866
Event Date: 15 Apr 2016 21:40 UTC
16 Apr 2016 06:40 Local
Exposed Population:
9255399 people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 Apr 2016 22:06 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

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La proximidad en el tiempo del terremoto que azotó a la isla japonesa de Kyushu el viernes 15 de abril y el que causó al menos 413 muertos en Ecuador un día después tiene preocupados a muchos. Y esa preocupación ciertamente se ha visto alim
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En dialogo con Télam, el especialista explicó que el fenómeno producido en Ecuador tiene su origen, al igual que los terremotos que se registran en la costa chileno-peruana, "en un mecanismo conocido como subducción a través del cual la Pla
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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),