M 4.8 in Japan on 12 Jul 2013 18:31 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 1000468
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 24.17 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.3766 , 142.0822
Event Date: 12 Jul 2013 18:31 UTC
13 Jul 2013 03:31 Local
Exposed Population:
1026941 people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 Jul 2013 22:07 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
USGS 0.1 0.1
usB000ID81 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 278 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

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Experts say that much of the south-western British coast including slands such as Tresco in the Isles of Scilly, pictured, would be destroyed by a 10ft wall of water within four to six hours if there were to be a repeat of the Great Lisbon
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World: Pacific environment leader warns: ‘We will be the first to go u ... Tue, 16 Jul 2013 17:03:00 +0200.

Source: UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Country: Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands, World By Andy McElroy GENEVA, 16 July 2013 - The head of a major Pacific regional organization said the region’s acute vulnerability left it no
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Massive Portuguese earthquake 'may send a three-metre high tsunami tow ... Tue, 16 Jul 2013 16:19:00 +0200.

Experts say that much of the south-western British coast including slands such as Tresco in the Isles of Scilly, pictured, would be destroyed by a 10ft wall of water within four to six hours if there were to be a repeat of the Great Lisbon
...(more)
Beach-storming drill in U.S. hones SDF amphibious edgeTue, 16 Jul 2013 15:37:00 +0200.

One thousand members of the Self-Defense Forces have been learning how to recapture territory in the face of enemy fire, and while the shoreline may ...

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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 (40), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),