Overall Orange alert Flood
in Japan

Event summary

This flood can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 4395
Death: 0
Displaced: 600000
Countries: Japan
From - To 20 Sep - 22 Sep

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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: 477 | About casualties: 19 | Last hour: 0

Un seísmo de 5,7 grados sacude las islas del sur de Japón sin alerta d ... Mon, 26 Sep 2016 23:18:00 +0200.

Un seísmo de 5,7 grados en la escala abierta de Ritcher sacudió hoy la isla de Okinawa, al sur de Japón, sin que se emitiera alerta de tsunami, informó la Agencia de Meteorología de Japón (JMA). El temblor se produjo a las 14.20 hora local
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Land alert issued ahead of typhoonMon, 26 Sep 2016 19:05:00 +0200.

The Central Weather Bureau yesterday issued a land alert for Typhoon Megi, as it approached the east coast bringing strong winds and heavy rainfall to most of the nation. The bureau said the alert applies to all cities and counties in Taiwa
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12:05 Two Earthquakes Shake Southeastern JapanMon, 26 Sep 2016 18:44:00 +0200.

26 de septiembre de 2016, 12:05 Tokyo, Sep 26 (Prensa Latina) Two earthquakes have today shaken islands in southeastern Japan, without causing casualties or damage. According to the US Geological Service, the first was a 5.2 degree magnitu
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Un seísmo de 5,7 grados sacude islas del sur de Japón sin alerta de ts ... Mon, 26 Sep 2016 17:51:00 +0200.

Japón . Un seísmo de 5,7 grados en la escala abierta de Ritcher sacudió hoy la isla de Okinawa, al sur de Japón, sin que se emitiera alerta de tsunami, informó la Agencia de Meteorología de Japón ( JMA. El temblor se produjo a las 14.20 hor
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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 (36), NASA (7), INFORM (1), (1),