M 4.9 in Japan on 25 Nov 2013 15:43 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 1013009
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 58.08 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.54 , 141.91
Event Date: 25 Nov 2013 15:43 UTC
26 Nov 2013 00:43 Local
Exposed Population:
2448755 people within 100km
Inserted at: 25 Nov 2013 16:08 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.2 0.2
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
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 424 | About casualties: 20 | Last hour: 0

Orphans in Philippines speak of typhoon's horrorsFri, 29 Nov 2013 14:36:00 +0100.

TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) The teenager with unruly hair in a ponytail wipes tears from her eyes as she holds her feverish 3-year-old brother, who clings to her and lets out a sob of his own now and then. They have been inseparable ever sin
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Japanese Company Proposes Giant Solar Panel Belt Around Moon To Solve ... Fri, 29 Nov 2013 13:23:00 +0100.

Shimizu Corporation (TYO:1803), a Japanese construction company, has proposed to tackle Japan’s, and possibly the entire planet’s, energy problems by setting up a giant belt of solar panels around the Moon’s equator. Tokyo-based Shimizu sai
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El PSOE dice que cuando la derecha gobierna el país es un tsunami para ... Fri, 29 Nov 2013 12:45:00 +0100.

La portavoz del PSOE, Isabel Gil Rosiña, pide al vicesecretario de Organización del PP, Juan Parejo, quien ha dicho que
Could A Solar Panel Belt Around The Moon Solve Earth’s Energy Problems ... Fri, 29 Nov 2013 12:17:00 +0100.

Tokyo-based Shimizu said its “lunar solar power generation concept” would pave the way for a “virtually inexhaustible, nonpolluting” source of energy, adding that work on the belt could be started as early as 2035 if it receives adequate fu
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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 (40), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),