M 6.1 in Japan on 04 Apr 2024 03:16 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 1422553
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.1M
Depth: 40.1 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.7196 , 141.924
Event Date: 04 Apr 2024 03:16 UTC
04 Apr 2024 12:16 Local
Exposed Population: 2.1 million in MMI IV
Inserted at: 04 Apr 2024 03:35 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000m9sq 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: 791 | About casualties: 36 | Last hour: 3

LO QUE HAY Y LO QUE VIENE Juan Martín Garay2024-04-08T02:49+0200.

Hugo Alconada Mon define con claridad los motivos que convergieron a la llegada como Presidente de Javier Milei: “Encarnó un sentimiento social de bronca y frustración con la dirigencia tradicional que carecía de representación política en
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Sismo de magnitud 4.0 se registra en Chiapas2024-04-08T02:17+0200.

Cintalapa fue el epicentro de un sismo de 4.0 de magnitud que sorprendió este 7 de abril a los habitantes del estado de Chiapas a las 17:42 hora del centro (23:42 UTC). El temblor se registró 67 km al noroeste de la ciudad y tuvo una profun
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Una grande offensiva multipla con droni missili e truppe: ecco come l’ ... 2024-04-08T02:06+0200.

Da una settimana una diplomazia parallela fatta di spie e mediatori trasversali sta cercando di definire nell’ombra un perimetro in cui convogliare l’ira dei Guardiani della Rivoluzione, dirottando la rappresaglia di Teheran per l’attacco i
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Moderate mag. 4.6 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, Japan, 166 km east ... 2024-04-07T23:10+0200.

Based on data from the past 54 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 8.8 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi): Mag. 7 or higher: 0.02 quakes per year (or 1 q
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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),