M 5.6 in Japan on 15 Mar 2024 10:32 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 1419643
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 28.4231 , 130.1337
Event Date: 15 Mar 2024 10:32 UTC
15 Mar 2024 19:32 Local
Exposed Population: 8 thousand in MMI&>=V
Inserted at: 15 Mar 2024 10:52 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000mj1l 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.
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: 116 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 1

Dinner with Parliamentary Vice Minister FUKAZAWA and H.E. Mr. Mukhsink ... 2024-03-19T10:11+0100.

On March 18, Mr. FUKAZAWA Yoichi, Parliamentary Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, attended a dinner hosted by H.E. Mr. Mukhsinkhuja ABDURAKHMONOV, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Uzbekistan to Japan
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Dinner with Parliamentary Vice Minister FUKAZAWA and H.E. Mr. Mukhsink ... 2024-03-19T07:55+0100.

On March 18, Mr. FUKAZAWA Yoichi, Parliamentary Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, attended a dinner hosted by H.E. Mr. Mukhsinkhuja ABDURAKHMONOV, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Uzbekistan to Japan
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World News | White House to Host First-ever Trilateral Summit with Phi ... 2024-03-19T05:19+0100.

Washington, Mar 19 (PTI) Leaders of the US, Japan and the Philippines will meet here on April 11 for their first-ever trilateral summit, during which they will discuss cooperation to promote inclusive economic growth and emerging technologi
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Meeting between Minister Kamikawa and the Honorable Linda Thomas-Green ... 2024-03-19T04:11+0100.

Minister Kamikawa thanked Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield for her participation in the Ministerial Briefing of the Security Council on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation. Minister Kamikawa also expressed her high appreciation for Ambass
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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),