M 4.8 in Japan on 26 Feb 2016 19:58 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 1081428
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 19.75 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.5874 , 142.0463
Event Date: 26 Feb 2016 19:58 UTC
27 Feb 2016 04:58 Local
Exposed Population:
150596 people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 Feb 2016 22:03 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
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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VANCOUVER -- The organization that monitors undersea conditions off Canada's coast lines will soon have more tools to sound early warnings of potentially damaging earthquakes in an area of the West Coast considered overdue for 'the big one.
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Funding adds new quake sensors off B.C. coast, able to sound early ala.. 3/1/2016 6:19:00 PM.

VANCOUVER - The organization that monitors undersea conditions off Canada's coast lines will soon have more tools to sound early warnings of potentially damaging earthquakes in an area of the West Coast considered overdue for 'the big one.'
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Gambia intensifies disaster response 3/1/2016 12:36:00 PM.

The Gambia is intensifying preparedness to tackle disasters, with the launching of an International Disaster Response Law (IDRL) Report at the Kairaba Beach Hotel yesterday. The legal research report on the International Disaster Law Progra
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Japan ready to help Fiji 3/1/2016 5:49:00 AM.

Japan has been through many natural disasters and is ready to share lessons learnt with Fiji, says charge d'affaires at the Japanese Embassy, Kinzo Nakagun. “We know what to do to prepare and also to recover from natural disasters like Seve
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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.
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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 (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),