Overall Green Earthquake in Japan on 14 Mar 2012 10:49 UTC

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M 6.1 in Japan on 14 Mar 2012 10:49 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 115476
Earthquake Magnitude:	6.1M
Depth:	9.5 Km
Lat/Lon:	40.7991 , 144.77
Event Date:	14 Mar 2012 10:49 UTC 14 Mar 2012 20:49 Local
Exposed Population:	No people within 100km
Inserted at:	14 Mar 2012 11:09 UTC

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
usb0008gui	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

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Japonia – rok po katastrofie tsunami 3/18/2012 10:17:00 AM.

Malgorzata Citko/FAE Rok 2011 byl dla Japonii najtrudniejszym momentem w jej powojennej historii. Katastrofa, jaka spowodowala fala tsunami, która wdarla sie dnia 11 marca 2011 na wybrzeze regionu Tohoku w pólnocnej czesci najwiekszej japon

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Japon halki nükleer santral istemiyor 3/18/2012 9:39:00 AM.

Japon halki nükleer santral istemiyor Japon halkinin yüzde 43,7'si ülkenin nükleer enerjiye bagimliligini sona erdirmesi gerektigini, yüzde 35,9'u da enerji üretimi için farkli seçeneklerin degerlendirilmesi gerektigini savunuyor.

Japon halki artik nükleer santral istemiyor 3/18/2012 9:38:00 AM.

Japonya'da yapilan bir anket, halkin büyük bir kisminin geçen yilki deprem ve ... Tokyo Shimbun gazetesinde yayimlanan ankete göre Japon halkinin yüzde 43,7'si ülkenin nükleer enerjiye bagimliligini sona erdirmesi gerektigini, yüzde 35,9'u

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