TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 14389 SUBJECT: GRB 130418A: REM NIR observations DATE: 13/04/19 05:37:23 GMT FROM: Stefano Covino at Brera Astronomical Observatory S. Covino, D. Fugazza, V. d'Elia, on behalf of the REM team report: We imaged the field of GRB130418A (De Pasquale et al., GCN 14377) with the REM NIR camera equippe with the J, Hand Ks filters. Observations started at 2013/04/18 23:12:37, i.e. about 4.2 hours after the prompt event. The optical counterpart detected by UVOT was well detected at H=15.7+-0.1 (preliminary calibration) at the beginning of our observations.