M 5.7 in Japan on 29 Apr 2017 12:32 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 1111588
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 21.39 Km
Lat/Lon: 30.8134 , 131.4291
Event Date: 29 Apr 2017 12:32 UTC
29 Apr 2017 21:32 Local
Exposed Population: 320000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 29 Apr 2017 12:54 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.4 0.4
us10008m0g Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 413 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

Przeszklone ściany i sufity, koncert na żywo. Zobacz podróż wyjątkowym ... Wed, 03 May 2017 12:01:00 +0200.

Kąpiel w drewnianej wannie, koncert pianistyczny na żywo - to tylko niektóre z atrakcji czekających na pasażerów superluksusowego pociągu w Japonii. Bilet za przejażdżkę z Tokio do Hokkaido kosztuje 10 tysięcy dolarów i mimo tej wysokiej su
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Terremoto in mare a Pozzuoli con crolli e feriti: la simulazioneWed, 03 May 2017 11:59:00 +0200.

Esercitazione di un terremoto localizzato in mare questa mattina, poco a largo della costa del Golfo di Pozzuoli ad una profondità di circa 8 Km. Il sisma nella simulazione provoca sia crolli di abitazioni civili sia l’inagibilità dell’ospe
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Japanese firms help rebuild quake-affected areas and produce energy th ... Wed, 03 May 2017 11:55:00 +0200.

The Great East Japan Earthquake that occurred on March 11, 2011, caused extensive damage to the Tohoku area in Japan. This agricultural high school building was washed away by the tsunami and the experimental facilities were destroyed. Kubo
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El minucioso plan que tiene preparado El Tabo en caso que se registre ... Wed, 03 May 2017 11:41:00 +0200.

SANTIAGO.- Aunque en los últimos días la sismicidad ha disminuido y las personas han vuelto a realizar sus actividades normales, en la comuna de El Tabo –la más cercana al epicentro de los últimos temblores en la Quinta Región–, no bajan la
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),