M 6 in Japan on 26 Sep 2016 05:19 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 1094693
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Depth: 40.25 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.4708 , 128.5599
Event Date: 26 Sep 2016 05:19 UTC
26 Sep 2016 14:19 Local
Exposed Population: About 13000 people in MMI
About 54000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 Sep 2016 05:39 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006sp7 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.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 706 | About casualties: 19 | Last hour: 0

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U.S. civil engineering society issues first tsunami-safe building stan ... Fri, 30 Sep 2016 02:26:00 +0200.

SAN FRANCISCO， Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has included， for the first time， a chapter on tsunami hazards in the national construction standards. The new edition， known as ASCE 7-16， was developed by
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has included, for the first time, a chapter on tsunami hazards in the national construction standards. The new edition, known as ASCE 7-16, was developed by
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),