M 5.1 in Japan on 19 Oct 2021 12:36 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 1291018
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 44.38 Km
Lat/Lon: 41.5451 , 142.8623
Event Date: 19 Oct 2021 12:36 UTC
19 Oct 2021 22:36 Local
Exposed Population:
60 thousand in 100km
Inserted at: 19 Oct 2021 12:58 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000fvv2 Scaled population (vector) 4.17  
  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: 243 | About casualties: 28 | Last hour: 0

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Japan nuclear reactor halted for missing anti-terror deadline2021-10-23T07:40+0200.

FUKUI, Japan (Kyodo) -- A nuclear reactor in central Japan's Fukui Prefecture was halted on Saturday, just four months after its restart as it could not meet a deadline set by regulators to implement anti-terrorism measures. The suspension
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Study Reveals Connection Between Climate Change and Plastics Pollution2021-10-22T15:35+0200.

University of Rhode Island researchers Andrew Davies and Coleen Suckling say that when a major hurricane churns up storm surges and heavy, drenching rains, the storm washes trash from the land into our rivers and coasts. Among the items bei
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Researchers part of team that points to strong connection between clim ... 2021-10-22T11:56+0200.

University of Rhode Island researchers Andrew Davies and Coleen Suckling say that when a major hurricane churns up storm surges and heavy, drenching rains, the storm washes trash from the land into our rivers and coasts. Among the items bei
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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),