M 4.8 in Japan on 04 Dec 2024 10:11 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 1455973
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 73.5 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.078 , 139.8723
Event Date: 04 Dec 2024 10:11 UTC
04 Dec 2024 19:11 Local
Exposed Population:
26.8 million in MMI IV
Inserted at: 04 Dec 2024 10:27 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000nvuq 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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
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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)

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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),