M 4.6 in Japan on 05 Dec 2021 14:14 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 1300125
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 47.98 Km
Lat/Lon: 41.5668 , 142.8768
Event Date: 05 Dec 2021 14:14 UTC
06 Dec 2021 00:14 Local
Exposed Population:
60 thousand in 100km
Inserted at: 05 Dec 2021 15:26 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000g9a7 Scaled population (vector) 4.19  
  C1 earthquake 0.73  
  C2 earthquake -0.22  
  Country Vulnerability -0.71  
  INFORM_normalised 0.57  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Giappone: terremoto di magnitudo 6 a Kagoshima, nessun danno 12/9/2021 1:23:00 PM.

(ANSA) - TOKYO, 09 DIC - Un terremoto di magnitudo 6.1 si è verificato nella prefettura di Kagoshima, a sud ovest del Giappone: l'ultimo di una serie di oltre 200 scosse di assestamento avvenute in meno di una settimana. Secondo l'Agenzia m
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Giappone: terremoto di magnitudo 6 a Kagoshima, nessun danno 12/9/2021 1:17:00 PM.

(ANSA) - TOKYO, 09 DIC - Un terremoto di magnitudo 6.1 si è verificato nella prefettura di Kagoshima, a sud ovest del Giappone: l'ultimo di una serie di oltre 200 scosse di assestamento avvenute in meno di una settimana. Secondo l'Agenzia m
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Magnitude 6.0 earthquake jolts southwestern Japan 12/9/2021 12:31:00 PM.

No tsunami warning issued following quake near Tokara island chain in Kagoshima prefecture. Tokyo. TOKYO A magnitude 6.0 earthquake jolted the Tokara Islands within Kagoshima prefecture in southwestern Japan early Thursday. The Japan Met
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Reaction plan 12/9/2021 11:41:00 AM.

Disaster control officials at the Toshima village office in Kagoshima, southwestern Japan, react after a strong earthquake jolted an island chain in Kagoshima Prefecture on December 9, 2021, measuring upper 5 on the Japanese seismic intensi
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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 (4), OCHA (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),