Overall Green Earthquake in Japan from 20 May 2012 07:20 UTC to 07:19

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M 6 in Japan from 20 May 2012 07:20 UTC to 07:19

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	EQ 117066
Earthquake Magnitude:	6.0M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	39.5971 , 143.242
Event Date:	20 May 2012 07:19 UTC 20 May 2012 17:19 Local
Exposed Population:	No people within 100km
Inserted at:	20 May 2012 07:36 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
usb0009uu3	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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Concerns focus on Fukushima unit stability 5/24/2012 5:26:00 AM.

TOKYO, May 23 (UPI) -- Whether a pool where spent fuel is stored at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant could withstand another strong earthquake has become a source of growing concern.

Japanese gov't must review emergency provisions in disaster countermea.. 5/24/2012 3:49:00 AM.

Regarding the Japanese government's proposals to review the Disaster Countermeasures Basic Law, more than 14 months after the Great East Japan Earthquake, is that all there is? The government submitt .....

Relatório da OMS sobre Fukushima mistura boas e más notícias 5/24/2012 3:41:00 AM.

Os picos de radiação causados pelo acidente nuclear de Fukushima estão abaixo dos níveis causadores do câncer em quase todo o Japão, mas bebês de uma

Sismo de magnitud 4,3 sacudió Lima 5/24/2012 3:39:00 AM.

El epicentro se ubicó en el mar a 31 kilómetros al suroeste de Huacho , con una profundidad de 73 kilómetros

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),

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