M 4.6 in Japan on 22 Jul 2013 23:24 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 1000610
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 36.2 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.2779 , 141.7581
Event Date: 22 Jul 2013 23:24 UTC
23 Jul 2013 08:24 Local
Exposed Population:
Few people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Jul 2013 01:59 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

Articles: 410 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Japan Fast FactsFri, 26 Jul 2013 19:20:00 +0200.

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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),