M 4.8 in Japan on 29 Jan 2024 20:03 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 1412666
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 23.3 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.3803 , 141.3295
Event Date: 29 Jan 2024 20:03 UTC
30 Jan 2024 05:03 Local
Exposed Population:
1.4 million in MMI III
Inserted at: 29 Jan 2024 20:27 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000lutd 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, 2024. 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

Articles: 131 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

Giappone. Crollata durante il sisma, l’isola della “Nave da guerra” ha ... 2024-02-02T17:56+0100.

L'isolotto di Mitsukejima, un punto panoramico conosciuto e amato dagli abitanti della zona come “Isola della Nave da guerra” a Suzu, nella prefettura di Ishikawa, è parzialmente crollato a causa del terremoto che ha devastato a Capodanno l
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Light mag. 3.9 earthquake - Ryukyu Islands, Japan, on Saturday, Feb 3, ... 2024-02-02T16:42+0100.

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Naze, a town with 41,000 inhabitants in Japan , in 63 km (39 mi) distance northeast of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking there. Several s
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[Camp] Rakuten Hayakawa appeals to Japan national team coach Ibata by ... 2024-02-02T15:31+0100.

Professional baseball pitcher Takahisa Hayakawa of Rakuten practiced pitching in the bullpen in front of Hirokazu Ibata, manager of the Japanese national team, who was visiting to make an appeal. Pitcher Hayakawa, who is in his fourth year,
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OVER 14,000 PEOPLE REMAIN EVACUATED 1 MONTH AFTER JAPAN QUAKE2024-02-02T12:40+0100.

WORLD OVER 14,000 PEOPLE REMAIN EVACUATED 1 MONTH AFTER JAPAN QUAKE Earthquake in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. Photo: REUTERS " data-media=""> 02/02/2024 11:55 AM KANAZAWA (Japan), Feb 2 (Bernama-Kyodo) -- More than 14,000 people remained ev
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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), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),