M 4.6 in Japan on 19 Sep 2024 09:18 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 1446377
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 43.8 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.6655 , 140.9251
Event Date: 19 Sep 2024 09:18 UTC
19 Sep 2024 18:18 Local
Exposed Population:
3.6 million in MMI III
Inserted at: 19 Sep 2024 11:17 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000nt0t 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

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6 dead, 10 unaccounted for after heavy rains hit Japan 9/23/2024 8:47:00 AM.

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Alluvioni in Giappone, soccorritori al lavoro nella penisola di Noto 9/23/2024 8:40:00 AM.

Almeno una persona è morta e altre sei risultano disperse per le alluvioni causate dalle forti piogge che hanno colpito la penisola di Noto, nel nord del Giappone, in una regione che si sta ancora riprendendo dal terribile terremoto del 1°
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6 dead, 10 unaccounted for after heavy rains hit Japan 9/23/2024 8:33:00 AM.

Six people were killed and 10 remained unaccounted for Sunday as search efforts continued a day after heavy rain hit Noto, a region in Ishikawa Prefecture already devastated by a powerful earthquake. Rescue operations and restoration work w
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),