M 4.5 in Japan on 31 Jul 2020 17:55 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 1228354
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 150.77 Km
Lat/Lon: 41.2167 , 140.1164
Event Date: 31 Jul 2020 17:55 UTC
01 Aug 2020 02:55 Local
Exposed Population:
1250000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 31 Jul 2020 18:55 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000b7j9 Scaled population (vector) 5.74  
  C1 earthquake 0.73  
  C2 earthquake -0.22  
  Country Vulnerability -0.71  
  INFORM_normalised 0.57  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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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: 127 | About casualties: 34 | Last hour: 0

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Earthquakes today MAPPED: Turkey, Alaska and Japan hit by savage earth ... Tue, 04 Aug 2020 15:23:00 +0200.

An earthquake is caused when movements within the Earth’s crust cause stress to build up at points of weakness. They are common, natural occurrences and are felt by people around the world on a daily basis. The Richter scale is used to meas
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Imperial garden party in fall canceled amid coronavirus upsurgeTue, 04 Aug 2020 12:45:00 +0200.

The imperial garden party planned for the fall has been canceled to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus amid growing concern over a resurgence of infections, the Imperial Household Agency said Tuesday. The biannual event was also ca
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Melbourne earthquakes: 1.8 magnitude tremor near Emerald, th...Tue, 04 Aug 2020 07:18:00 +0200.

The small quake was felt by at least 50 people just before 3am around Emerald in the Dandenong Ranges and comes after a 2.5 magnitude tremor struck near Pakenham on July 29. That earthquake happened just after 7pm and was felt by at least 5
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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),