M 4.7 in Japan on 13 Jan 2024 04:47 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 1410518
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 55 Km
Lat/Lon: 24.4739 , 124.0963
Event Date: 13 Jan 2024 04:47 UTC
13 Jan 2024 13:47 Local
Exposed Population:
50 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 13 Jan 2024 05:10 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000m3fz 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: 226 | About casualties: 26 | Last hour: 3

Vietnamese community in Japan sends more relief to quake-affected peop ... 2024-01-17T04:50+0100.

A delegation of the Vietnamese Consulate General in Osaka on January 15 handed over thousands of essential supplies to authorities of Higashiosaka city so as to deliver relief goods to people affected by a recent earthquake in Ishikawa pref
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232 confirmed dead after Japan's Noto quake: local gov't2024-01-17T04:40+0100.

TOKYO, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from the powerful earthquake which struck central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa rose to 232 on Wednesday, according to local authorities. According to the prefectural government, the updated figur
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Evacuation drills paid off in tsunami-hit Noto area in Japan2024-01-17T03:56+0100.

SUZU : All residents in a district in Japan’s Noto Peninsula managed to evacuate safely from tsunami waves unleashed by the 7.6-magnitude earthquake on Jan 1, thanks to years of disaster evacuation drills. “It wasn’t a miracle. The drills p
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Kobe stands with Noto area on 29th anniversary of Hanshin quake2024-01-17T02:54+0100.

Kobe – Residents in the city of Kobe and its vicinity showed solidarity with those affected by the earthquake that hit central Japan earlier this month, as they commemorated on Wednesday the 29th anniversary of the magnitude 7.3 Great Hansh
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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),