M 5.8 in Japan on 12 Nov 2017 22:24 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 1126188
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.8M
Depth: 9.49 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.0555 , 144.8897
Event Date: 12 Nov 2017 22:24 UTC
13 Nov 2017 08:24 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 Nov 2017 22:39 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000bmfd Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 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.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 687 | About casualties: 64 | Last hour: 0

Ilmakuvat paljastavat Kreikan tulvatuhot – ”Se oli kuin tsunami”Thu, 16 Nov 2017 22:10:00 +0100.

Viranomaisten mukaan ainakin viisi ihmistä oli torstaina edelleen kateissa Ateenan lähistöllä. Keskiviikkona alkaneissa tulvissa kuoli ainakin 15 ihmistä, minkä vuoksi maahan oli julistettu kolmipäiväinen suruaika. Kuolleista useat olivat m
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Greece in mourning as several still missing after deadly floodThu, 16 Nov 2017 21:59:00 +0100.

Greece was in mourning Thursday as rescue crews tried to locate several people missing in a flood that killed 16 people near the capital, with more thunderstorms forecast until the weekend. Authorities said at least four people were still u
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Greeks in disbelief over flood deathsThu, 16 Nov 2017 21:47:00 +0100.

Greece was in mourning yesterday as rescue crews tried to locate several people missing in a flood that killed 16 people near the capital, with more thunderstorms forecast until the weekend. Authorities said that at least four people were s
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Greece in mourning as several still missing after deadly floodThu, 16 Nov 2017 20:04:00 +0100.

Authorities said at least four people were still unaccounted for in Mandra, one of three towns about 50 kilometres (30 miles) west of Athens hit by a freak flood early Wednesday. The latest victim, a 50-year-old man, was found in a mud-fill
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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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),