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

Updated: this report is based on update number 8.

• Earthquake magnitude 5M and depth 10km
• on 01/07/2012 02:49 UTC
• 1460000 people within 100km

Known identifiers for this event: usb000ava3 (neicid)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 310 | About casualties: 6 | Last hour: 0

Leaders' Salary Gap Widens
Thu, 05 Jul 2012 02:12:00 +0200   wsj-en (en)

Already the best-paid elected leader of a Group of 20 nation, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard just got another raise—putting her salary 25% ahead of Barack Obama's and about twice David Cameron's.

People and organisations: Glenn Stevens  Barack Obama  Yoshihiko Noda  David Cameron  François Hollande  Julia Gillard  Lee Hsien Loong  Lee Hsien Loong  Reserve Bank  Gary Gray  Nick Xenophon  Tony Abbott 

Japan Diet to publish Fukushima disaster probe
Thu, 05 Jul 2012 01:13:00 +0200   channelnewsasia (en)

TOKYO: A Japanese parliament probe into the nuclear disaster at Fukushima is expected to say the then prime minister fanned chaos in the opening days of the crisis when it publishes its final report Thursday.

People and organisations: Fukushima Daiichi  Naoto Kan  Tokyo Electric Power  Tokyo Electric Power 

More than sixty countries renew commitments to boost disaster risk reduction globally
Thu, 05 Jul 2012 00:44:00 +0200   reliefweb-headlines (en)

(4 July 2012, Sendai, Japan) The World Ministerial Conference on Disaster Reduction , organized by Japan and the United Nations, concluded today, calling for increased investment in disaster preparedness and recovery. The Conference and its summary document contribute to the discussion on renewing....

People and organisations: United Nations  Development Programme  Jordan Ryan 

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