Overall Orange Earthquake alert in China from 31 Oct 2013 12:02 UTC to 12:02

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M 6.6 in China from 31 Oct 2013 12:02 UTC to 12:02

Event summary

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

GDACS ID	EQ 1010636
Earthquake Magnitude:	6.6M
Depth:	9.34 Km
Lat/Lon:	23.59 , 121.44
Event Date:	31 Oct 2013 12:02 UTC 31 Oct 2013 20:02 Local
Exposed Population:	3110000 people within 100km
Inserted at:	31 Oct 2013 12:26 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	1.1		1		1.1
	Scaled population (vector)	n.a	Max wave scenario	0m
	C1 earthquake	n.a	Max wave realtime	0.18m
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

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Latest media headlines

Articles: 502 | About casualties: 28 | Last hour: 0

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Japanischer Unglücksreaktor: Fukushima-Region ewig unbewohnbar?Sun, 03 Nov 2013 20:04:00 +0100.

Ein japanischer Politiker warnt vor falschen Versprechungen an die Evakuierten der Region Fukushima. Es sei klar, dass einige ehemalige Bewohner niemals zurück könnten und stattdessen entschädigt werden müssten.

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Nordrhein-Westfalen ist der wichtigste Handelspartner Thailands. Die Botschafterin Thailands in Berlin, Nongnuth Phetcharatana, belegte das in einem Interview mit der Funke-Mediengruppe auch mit Zahlen: Thailand und NRW tauschen jedes Jahr

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Nicht alle Fukushima-Flüchtlinge dürfen zurückkehrenSun, 03 Nov 2013 18:29:00 +0100.

Erstmals seit der Atomkatastrophe von Fukushima im März 2011 spricht ein Regierungsmitglied in Japan offen darüber: Viele ehemalige Bewohner werden nicht wieder in ihre Heimat zurückkehren können.

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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 (81), (5), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (2), INFORM (4), USGS (2), NOAA (1),

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