M 6 in Japan on 13 May 2021 23:58 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 1268632
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Depth: 32 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.7079 , 141.7784
Event Date: 13 May 2021 23:58 UTC
14 May 2021 08:58 Local
Exposed Population: 1080000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 May 2021 01:07 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000e2xd Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.57  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 322 | About casualties: 17 | Last hour: 0

Newly published data provides clearer picture of volcano collapseMon, 17 May 2021 20:18:00 +0200.

Professor Stéphan Grilli and his colleagues, reveals new data on the Anak Krakatau volcano flank collapse, which was triggered by an eruption on December 22, 2018. The tsunami created by the flank collapse hit the coast of Indonesia with wa
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Rare tsunami danger threatens San Diego coast, experts warn it could d ... Mon, 17 May 2021 19:31:00 +0200.

Most of the tsunamis that previously happened in San Diego came from earthquakes that happened in Chile, Alaska, and Japan Credit: Getty. Tectonic plates crash into each other or move alongside one another in the strike-slip faults found at
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6.1-magnitude quake strikes off Japan's Hokkaido PrefectureMon, 17 May 2021 15:14:00 +0200.

Baku, May 17, AZERTAC An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 struck off Japan's Hokkaido Prefecture on Sunday, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Xinhua reports. The temblor occurred at
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6.6 magnitude quake hits off Indonesia's Sumatra: USGSMon, 17 May 2021 09:29:00 +0200.

A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of Indonesia's Sumatra Friday, the United States Geological Survey said, triggering panic on the nearest island but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The shallow qu
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),