M 4.6 in Japan on 26 Mar 2013 11:55 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 123444
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: 35.7536 , 140.848
Event Date: 26 Mar 2013 11:55 UTC
26 Mar 2013 20:55 Local
Exposed Population:
11640000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 Mar 2013 12:42 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usb000fsrq 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
Analytical products
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Latest media headlines

Google's girl takes the Road to Nowhere as she braves polar bears to m.. 3/30/2013 11:48:00 AM.

The search-engine firm flew a Street View team to Iqaluit, a town in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, where they spent four days mapping the isolated terrain.
Google's girl takes the Road to Nowhere as she braves polar bears to m.. 3/30/2013 11:43:00 AM.

The search-engine firm flew a Street View team to Iqaluit, a town in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, where they spent four days mapping the isolated terrain.
Google braves polar bears and the Road to Nowhere by sending Street Vi.. 3/30/2013 11:35:00 AM.

The search-engine firm flew a Street View team to Iqaluit, a town in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, where they spent four days mapping the isolated terrain.
Namie, el pueblo fantasma de Google Street View 3/30/2013 9:41:00 AM.

En Namie no se oye nada. Solo el sonido del viento. Sus calles, otrora llenas de vida, son hoy las de un pueblo fantasma. Entre los restos de las casas y la basura acumulada a sus puertas hay de todo: zapatos, escombros, fotos... Imágenes d
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),