M 5.6 in Japan on 14 Mar 2024 15:14 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 1419552
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 53.1 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.1035 , 141.1426
Event Date: 14 Mar 2024 15:14 UTC
15 Mar 2024 00:14 Local
Exposed Population: 1 million in MMI IV
Inserted at: 14 Mar 2024 15:34 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000miuf Scaled population (raster) 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.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 121 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 1

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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),