M 4.7 in Japan on 26 Aug 2013 06:08 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 1003564
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 44 Km
Lat/Lon: 34.3815 , 141.0095
Event Date: 26 Aug 2013 06:08 UTC
26 Aug 2013 15:08 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 Aug 2013 06:57 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
usb000jbub Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
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Latest media headlines

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Japanese regulator raises alert for nuclear leaksWed, 28 Aug 2013 06:26:00 +0200.

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's nuclear regulator has upgraded the rating of a leak of radiation-contaminated water at its tsunami-wrecked nuclear plant to a "serious incident" on an international scale.
Tsunami plan calls for early warning system for TongaWed, 28 Aug 2013 06:26:00 +0200.

Tonga's government has produced a “National Tsunami Plan”, outlining its strategy of protecting Tongans from a tsunami disaster. Tonga’s tsunami risk is rated as “extreme” and the plan details preparations for a tsunami and lists arrangemen
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Fukushima: rischio serio incidenteWed, 28 Aug 2013 06:21:00 +0200.

(ANSA) - TOKYO, 28 AGO - La Nuclear Regulation Authority (Nra), l'agenzia sulla sicurezza nucleare nipponica, ha alzato ufficialmente a 3 ('serio incidente') il livello di gravità della abbondante perdita d'acqua radioattiva avvenuta la sco
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Fukushima, rischio di "incidente serio"Wed, 28 Aug 2013 06:19:00 +0200.

28/08/2013 06:07 Fukushima, rischio di "incidente serio" 6.07 Fukushima, rischio di "incidente serio" La Nuclear Regulation Authority (Nrsa), l'Agenzia sulla sicurezza nucleare nip- ponica, ha alzato ufficialmente a 3 ("incidente serio") il
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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (40), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),