M 4.9 in Japan from 12 Apr 2016 19:04 UTC to 19:04

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 1084248
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 20.6 Km
Lat/Lon: 28.8443 , 130.6662
Event Date: 12 Apr 2016 19:04 UTC
13 Apr 2016 04:04 Local
Exposed Population:
About 9063 people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 Apr 2016 21:03 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
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

Au Japon, les secours craignent de nouvelles secousses sismiques 4/16/2016 6:34:00 PM.

Des dizaines d'habitants étaient pris au piège samedi après un nouveau tremblement de terre dans le sud-ouest du Japon, qui a tué au moins dix-huit personnes et provoqué destructions, incendies et glissement de terrain.
Asciende a 18 el balance de muertos tras el nuevo terremoto en Japón 4/16/2016 6:28:00 PM.

ÚN | AFP.- El balance del nuevo terremoto que sacudió el suroeste de Japón en la madrugada del sábado ascendió a 18 muertos, que se añaden a las 9 víctimas mortales del potente sismo del jueves, según las autoridades locales. "Dieciséis per
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Some sleep in cars after 2 nights of quakes kill 41 in Japan 4/16/2016 6:24:00 PM.

Ryosuke Uematsu Some sleep in cars after 2 nights of quakes kill 41 in Japan. A police officer stands guard in front of a house destroyed by an earthquake in Mashiki, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan Saturday, April 16, 2016. A powerful
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Japan earthquakes: 'Race against the clock' to find survivors 4/16/2016 6:19:00 PM.

At least 32 people have died in the latest Kyushu earthquake, according to Kumamoto Prefecture's disaster management office. The magnitude-7.0 quake hit early Saturday. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe described the search for survivors in piles o
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),