M 4.5 in Japan on 13 Jan 2024 06:55 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 1410527
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 43.6931 , 144.2781
Event Date: 13 Jan 2024 06:55 UTC
13 Jan 2024 15:55 Local
Exposed Population:
40 thousand in MMI&>=IV
Inserted at: 13 Jan 2024 07:39 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000m3gz Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 230 | About casualties: 30 | Last hour: 8

Death toll from powerful Japan earthquake reaches 2322024-01-17T06:54+0100.

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 figure came as of 9 a.m. local t
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232 morts confirmés suite au séisme de Noto au Japon (gouvernement loc ... 2024-01-17T06:54+0100.

Le bilan du puissant tremblement de terre qui a frappé la préfecture d'Ishikawa, dans le centre du Japon, s'est alourdi à 232 morts mercredi, selon les autorités locales. Ce chiffre actualisé a été communiqué à 9 heures du matin, heure loca
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232 confirmed dead after Japan's Noto quake: local gov't2024-01-17T06:48+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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Japanese earthquake death toll reaches 2322024-01-17T06:35+0100.

TOKYO, Japan 17. /TASS/. The number of people killed by a series of powerful earthquakes that rattled Japan’s Noto peninsula has risen to 232, the government of the Ishikawa prefecture said on Wednesday. Previous casualty reports put the de
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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),