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Green Earthquake alert in Chile on 21/06/2012 09:24 UTC
GDACS Event Report - Summary

Summary

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

  • Earthquake magnitude 4.6M and depth 9.9km
  • on 21/06/2012 09:24 UTC
  • 880000 people within 100km

References

Known identifiers for this event: usb000albh (neicid)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 180 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

El Dalai Lama visita las zonas afectadas por los terremotos de Emilia Romagna
Sun, 24 Jun 2012 20:47:00 +0200   es-noticias (es)

Roma, 24 jun (EFE).- El Dalai Lama visitó hoy las zonas afectadas por los terremotos en Emilia Romagna del 20 y 29 de mayo y que dejaron 26 víctimas y cerca de 15.000 personas sin hogar.

People and organisations: Pope Benedict XVI  Dalai Lama 

Thousands flee as typhoon heads for Tokyo
Sun, 24 Jun 2012 20:27:00 +0200   abc-au (en)

A powerful typhoon has forced the evacuation of thousands of people in Japan, and the cancellation of hundreds of flights.

People and organisations:

Tsunami house wreckage found in US
Sun, 24 Jun 2012 20:12:00 +0200   abc-au (en)

Kayakers in the western United States have found what appears to be part of a Japanese house that washed across the Pacific after last year's tsunami.

People and organisations:

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: NEIC (4), EMM (1), JRC (20), (1), WMO (1), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1),

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