M 4.5 in Japan on 16 Jun 2024 10:16 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 1433370
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 64.2 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.7574 , 140.1841
Event Date: 16 Jun 2024 10:16 UTC
16 Jun 2024 19:16 Local
Exposed Population:
10.2 million in MMI IV
Inserted at: 16 Jun 2024 10:37 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000mssq Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 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: 52 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 2

Moderate mag. 4.5 earthquake - 63 km southeast of Ishinomaki, Miyagi-k ... 2024-06-20T09:56+0200.

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Sendai , a city of 1.1 million people in Japan , in 84 km (52 mi) distance west of the epicenter. People likely experienced weak shaking there. Many smaller towns
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Moderate mag. 4.8 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 87 km east of Hach ... 2024-06-20T08:03+0200.

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Hachinohe , a city with more than 240,000 inhabitants in Japan , in 82 km (51 mi) distance west of the epicenter. People likely experienced weak shaking there. Se
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Light mag. 3.9 earthquake - 34 km south of Kashihara-shi, Nara, Japan, ... 2024-06-19T21:41+0200.

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Osaka , a city of 2.6 million people in Japan , in 62 km (38 mi) distance northwest of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking there. Many smal
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Death toll of Noto quake to hit 282, third highest since Heisei Era Ju ... 2024-06-19T12:39+0200.

An additional 22 deaths are expected to be confirmed as caused by the Noto Peninsula earthquake, sending the disaster’s death toll to 282 and surpassing that of the 2016 Kumamoto quakes. That will make the New Year's Day quake the third dea
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),