M 4.6 in Bulgaria on 14 Jul 2012 12:52 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 118081
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 6.1 Km
Lat/Lon: 42.6631 , 23.0667
Event Date: 14 Jul 2012 12:52 UTC
14 Jul 2012 15:52 Local
Exposed Population:
2560000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 Jul 2012 13:16 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usb000b60t Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Calculating thee global health consequences of the Fukushima nuclear d.. 7/18/2012 12:48:00 PM.

7/18/12 Radiation risks Radiation from Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster may eventually cause approximately 130 deaths and 180 cases of cancer, mostly in Japan; researchers have calculated; the estimates have large uncertainty rang
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Japan to restart second reactor amid faultline concerns 7/18/2012 12:42:00 PM.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will on Wednesday restart its second nuclear reactor after the Fukushima crisis closed the nation's atomic power plants, even as fresh concerns surfaced about the unit's positioning near a faultline. The Ohi No.4 rea
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Families flock to Fukushima beach after officials declare it safe to s.. 7/18/2012 12:41:00 PM.

About 1,000 people yesterday descended on Nakoso beach, about 40miles south of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, where three reactors melted down after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
Première extraction de barres de combustible à Fukushima 7/18/2012 11:46:00 AM.

Deux barres de la cuve de refroidissement du réacteur numéro 4 ont été retirées ce matin. Il en reste environ 1 500.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (40), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),