M 4.8 in Japan on 28 Jun 2024 02:31 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 1435001
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 43.1 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.1265 , 128.8558
Event Date: 28 Jun 2024 02:31 UTC
28 Jun 2024 11:31 Local
Exposed Population:
70 thousand in MMI III
Inserted at: 28 Jun 2024 02:52 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000n8t8 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: 904 | About casualties: 28 | Last hour: 7

Re:50 MT H-bomb not "typical"2024-07-02T02:32+0200.

It seems that only one 50 MT H-bomb was ever tested, the Tsar Bomba. The highest yield test from the US was the 15 MT Castle Bravo shot, a yield that was triple the intended 5 MT on account of a misunderstanding of the efficacy of different
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PM Kishida pledges travel aid program six months after central Japan q ... 2024-07-02T02:16+0200.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday pledged to launch a specialised tourism support programme to support the Noto Peninsula on the Sea of ​​Japan coast, which was badly damaged by a powerful earthquake just six months after the
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María Corina anuncia caravanas en todo el país y arranque de campaña e ... 2024-07-02T02:07+0200.

María Corina Machado, ganadora de las primarias y líder de la oposición, anunció el comienzo de la campaña electoral del candidato unitario Edmundo González con caravanas en Caracas y todo el país este 4 de julio. Machado apuntó que la pri
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Six months after the Noto Peninsula earthquake: the roadmap for recons ... 2024-07-02T01:39+0200.

Editorial. 16:11 Japan Time, July 1, 2024. It has been six months since the Noto Peninsula earthquake struck. In the affected areas, little progress has been made in demolishing damaged buildings. The government must work to remove obstacle
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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),