Overall Green Earthquake alert in Tonga on 13 Jul 2013 00:03 UTC

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M 4.5 in Tonga on 13 Jul 2013 00:03 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 1000472
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.5M
Depth:	498.9 Km
Lat/Lon:	-21.3742 , -178.947
Event Date:	13 Jul 2013 00:03 UTC 12 Jul 2013 12:03 Local
Exposed Population:	About 1545 people within 100km
Inserted at:	13 Jul 2013 02:54 UTC

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
USGS	0		0
usB000IDJM	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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Articles: 204 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

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Lo tsunami kazako sconvolge il Viminale. Le due teste pesanti cadute oggi - quella di Giuseppe Procaccini, capo di Gabinetto del ministro Alfano, e di Alessandro Valeri, capo della segreteria del capo della segreteria del Dipartimento di Pu

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Japan's former premier sues country's current prime ministerTue, 16 Jul 2013 20:56:00 +0200.

(ChinaPost.com.tw) - Japan's premier at the time of the Fukushima crisis said Tuesday he was suing the current prime minister for defamation over online comments about the way the emergency was handled. With less than a week to go before up

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Former premier sues Shinzo Abe for libel over Fukushima disasterTue, 16 Jul 2013 20:19:00 +0200.

Japan's premier at the time of the Fukushima crisis said he was suing the current prime minister for defamation over online comments about the way the emergency was handled. With less than a week to go before upper house elections, Naoto Ka

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Japan's former premier sues PM AbeTue, 16 Jul 2013 19:44:00 +0200.

TOKYO, Tokyo province: Japan’s premier at the time of the Fukushima crisis said Tuesday he was suing the current prime minister for defamation over online comments about the way the emergency was handled.

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