M 4.5 in Japan on 19 Jan 2016 15:23 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 1078870
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 48.5 Km
Lat/Lon: 40.2686 , 141.8803
Event Date: 19 Jan 2016 15:23 UTC
20 Jan 2016 00:23 Local
Exposed Population:
1267014 people within 100km
Inserted at: 19 Jan 2016 16:42 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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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

Japan extends help for soil conservation 1/22/2016 5:31:00 AM.

Jan 22, 2016- The government of Japan has handed over 500 tonnes of wire worth Rs 70.35 million to the Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation (MoFSC) for soil stabilisation and controlling landslides and soil erosion. The support is part
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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 (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),