M 6.1 in Japan on 13 Jul 2019 00:57 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 1183341
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.1M
Depth: 237.67 Km
Lat/Lon: 29.3884 , 128.1192
Event Date: 13 Jul 2019 00:57 UTC
13 Jul 2019 09:57 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 13 Jul 2019 01:27 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70004jea Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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: 324 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

Samsung tests non-Japan materials as Asia trade war deepensTue, 16 Jul 2019 19:49:00 +0200.

SEOUL -- Samsung Electronics is testing hydrogen fluoride etching gas from companies outside Japan as Tokyo's tightened export controls risk cutting off the vital chipmaking material to South Korea manufacturers, a company source told Nikke
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Cairns, City of HopeTue, 16 Jul 2019 05:55:00 +0200.

The Japanese ship Peace Boat arrives in Cairns on the same day the Smile with Kids children arrive from Fukushima. All invited to join in welcoming both the children from Fukushima and passengers and staff from Peace Boat to Cairns. Enterta
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Fashion For Relief gala will return to London in SeptemberTue, 16 Jul 2019 05:46:00 +0200.

The next Fashion For Relief charity gala, which raises funds for various environmental and humanitarian causes, will be held in London on September 14 during Fashion Week. Naomi Campbell is the spokesperson for the evening which will includ
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National & World NewsTue, 16 Jul 2019 04:58:00 +0200.

July 15, 2019 at 8:35 pm. TOKYO (AP) � Asian shares were little changed and mixed in quiet trading Tuesday amid a lack of fresh market-moving news as investors looked ahead to earnings season. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225... July 15, 2019
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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),