M 5 in Japan on 22 Jun 2023 01:24 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 1379511
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: 26.3565 , 127.8177
Event Date: 22 Jun 2023 01:24 UTC
22 Jun 2023 10:24 Local
Exposed Population:
900 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 26 Jun 2023 02:21 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000ka8v Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

I've slept in hotels around the world but was surprised to find a flas.. 6/25/2023 1:44:00 PM.

around the world. So I was delighted to find something new during my first hotel stay in Japan — a flashlight. At the BnA Art Hotel in Tokyo, a tiny flashlight was mounted to the wall near the light switches. I guessed it was used to avoid
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Abcarian: Here’s one more thing to worry about — tsunamis 6/25/2023 12:12:00 PM.

Having grown up in Southern California, I’ve lived through major earthquakes, which is why I don’t fear them as much as I probably should. After all, there are things we can do to lessen the toll of earthquakes. We bolt our foundations; we
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Abcarian: Here’s one more thing to worry about — tsunamis 6/25/2023 12:05:00 PM.

Having grown up in Southern California, I’ve lived through major earthquakes, which is why I don’t fear them as much as I probably should. After all, there are things we can do to lessen the toll of earthquakes. We bolt our foundations; we
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),