M 4.6 in Japan on 28 Apr 2024 16:16 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 1426375
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 23.5 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.3398 , 141.3647
Event Date: 28 Apr 2024 16:16 UTC
29 Apr 2024 01:16 Local
Exposed Population:
460 thousand in MMI III
Inserted at: 28 Apr 2024 16:48 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000munv 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: 54 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 3

World News | No Indian Firms Involved in Providing ‘Visa on Arrival' a ... 2024-05-02T14:56+0200.

Colombo, May 2 (PTI) The High Commission of India in Sri Lanka on Thursday dismissed as "unwarranted" the local media reports and social media posts that blamed an "Indian company" for bungling the visa issuance at the Bandaranaike Internat
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World News | Japan Says a Collision During a Nighttime Drill Caused th ... 2024-05-02T14:11+0200.

Tokyo, May 2 (AP) Japanese investigators have determined that a collision during a nighttime drill caused the deadly crash last month of two Japanese navy SH-60K Seahawk helicopters, the country's defence minister said Thursday. That is acc
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The dog ate Japan’s plan to phase out coal power2024-05-02T13:56+0200.

Previously, the G7’s statements have only made vague gestures towards a “predominantly decarbonised power sector by 2035”, placing no hard deadlines on a coal phaseout. As cheaper renewables (and, in the US, gas) have driven more and more s
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Light mag. 3.9 earthquake - Japan: OFF NEMURO PENINSULA on Thursday, M ... 2024-05-02T12:00+0200.

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Nemuro , a town with 31,000 inhabitants in Japan , in 50 km (31 mi) distance north of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking there. In the cap
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
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),