M 5.5 in Japan on 16 Sep 2024 14:13 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 1446066
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 15.7 Km
Lat/Lon: 31.6412 , 131.7956
Event Date: 16 Sep 2024 14:13 UTC
16 Sep 2024 23:13 Local
Exposed Population: 560 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 16 Sep 2024 14:34 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000ne8y Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 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

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5.2-magnitude earthquake hits Japan''s Miyazaki: JMA 9/16/2024 6:07:00 PM.

TOKYO, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 struck Miyazaki Prefecture in southwestern Japan on Monday, the country''s weather agency said. The temblor occurred at 23:13 local time, measuring 3 on the Japan
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5.2-magnitude earthquake hits Japan''s Miyazaki: JMA 9/16/2024 6:05:00 PM.

TOKYO, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 struck Miyazaki Prefecture in southwestern Japan on Monday, the country''s weather agency said. The temblor occurred at 23:13 local time, measuring 3 on the Japan
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5.2-magnitude earthquake hits Japan''s Miyazaki: JMA 9/16/2024 3:12:00 PM.

TOKYO, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 struck Miyazaki Prefecture in southwestern Japan on Monday, the country''s weather agency said.

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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),