M 4.8 in Japan on 19 Apr 2024 22:07 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 1424921
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 54 Km
Lat/Lon: 43.3924 , 146.1751
Event Date: 19 Apr 2024 22:07 UTC
20 Apr 2024 08:07 Local
Exposed Population:
80 thousand in MMI III
Inserted at: 19 Apr 2024 22:34 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000mdbe 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: 35 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

Japanese envoy2024-04-23T17:23+0200.

ISLAMABAD, Apr 23 (APP): Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan, WADA Mitsuhiro paid a courtesy call to Minister for Law and Justice Senator Azam Nazeer Tarar here on Tuesday. Both sides discussed issues of mutual interest, culture and traditions,
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MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: Fifth Meeting of the Headquarters for Supporting Rec ... 2024-04-23T08:33+0200.

MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: Fifth Meeting of the Headquarters for Supporting Recovery and Reconstruction... MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: Fifth Meeting of the Headquarters for Supporting Recovery and Reconstruction from the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake[The Pr
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Taiwan earthquake response poses early test for president-elect’s lead ... 2024-04-23T05:36+0200.

At least nine people died after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck off Hualien on the island’s east coast on Wednesday morning. The quake – the strongest to hit the island in a quarter of a century – also injured more than 1,060 people, whil
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Edsa-Kamuning flyover shut for repairs2024-04-22T23:05+0200.

MMDA Chair Don Artes advised motorists to avoid the area as redecking works would take up half of the flyover’s three lanes. The lane for the Edsa Carousel busway would remain open for the duration of the repairs. “Although the southbound l
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),