M 5.9 in Japan on 07 Oct 2021 13:41 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 1289013
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 61.97 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.5675 , 140.1064
Event Date: 07 Oct 2021 13:41 UTC
07 Oct 2021 22:41 Local
Exposed Population: 590000 people in MMI
38 million in 100km
Inserted at: 18 Oct 2021 16:16 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.5 (Japan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000fsl6 Scaled population (raster) 0.85  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.57  
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: 452 | About casualties: 34 | Last hour: 0

Earth’s inner core is less solid than previously thought2021-10-11T13:31+0200.

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Magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes off coast of Alaska2021-10-11T13:14+0200.

By The Associated Press CHIGNIK, Alaska (AP) — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 struck early Monday off the coast of Alaska. The epicenter was about 114 kilometers (71 miles) east of the village of Chignik, the U.S. Geolog
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Huge 6.8 magnitude earthquake hits US coast2021-10-11T13:07+0200.

The earthquake hit the Alaska Peninsula this morning (Picture: Getty) A 6.8-magnitude earthquake has struck the Alaska Peninsula. It’s believed the quake hit east of Chignik, a remote city with a population of around 100 people. There were
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US: Authorities revise earlier earthquake that occurred east of Chigni ... 2021-10-11T13:01+0200.

Event. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has revised the information for the earthquake that occurred off the eastern coast of Alaska Peninsula at around 01:10, Oct. 11. As of 02:30, the tremor has been revised as a magnitude-6.9 e
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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),