M 4.6 in Japan on 19 May 2025 03:14 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 1482339
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.2086 , 141.4316
Event Date: 19 May 2025 03:14 UTC
19 May 2025 12:14 Local
Exposed Population:
1.8 million in MMI III
Inserted at: 19 May 2025 03:35 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000q03c 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, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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NEW YORK, May 22 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 jolted 34 km SSW of Urakawa, Japan at 21:28:01 GMT on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicenter, with a depth of 59.0 km, was initially determined to b
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5.4-magnitude quake hits 34 km SSW of Urakawa, Japan: USGS 5/23/2025 2:12:00 AM.

NEW YORK, May 22 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 jolted 34 km SSW of Urakawa, Japan at 21:28:01 GMT on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicenter, with a depth of 59.0 km, was initially determined to b
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TOKYO, May 23. /TASS/. An earthquake of magnitude 5.4 was recorded off the coast of Japan, according to the US Geological Survey. It said the epicenter was located 34 km southwest of the settlement of Urakawa (the Hokkaido Island), where 12
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5.4-magnitude quake hits 34 km SSW of Urakawa, Japan: USGS 5/22/2025 10:08:00 PM.

NEW YORK, May 22 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 jolted 34 km SSW of Urakawa, Japan at 21:28:01 GMT on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicenter, with a depth of 59.0 km, was initially determined to b
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),