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 7.

• Earthquake magnitude 4.6M and depth 5km
• on 13/08/2012 01:56 UTC
• 2650000 people within 100km

Known identifiers for this event: usb000bvge (neicid)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 770 | About casualties: 74 | Last hour: 0

Simulacro de sismo y Tsunami en Ventanilla dejó más de nueve mil muertos y 30 mil damnificados
Fri, 17 Aug 2012 01:22:00 +0200   LaRepublica (es)

Más de nueve mil muertos, 12 mil heridos, y 30 mil damnificados, fue el saldo que dejó el Simulacro de Sismo y Tsunami de magnitud 8.0 en la escala de Ritcher en el distrito de Ventanilla, que cuenta con una población aproximada de 300 mil habitantes. En el ensayo se estableció que 50 mil pobladores....

People and organisations: Defensa Civil  Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre  Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre  Félix Moreno 

‘Significant’ progress in nuke safety
Fri, 17 Aug 2012 00:30:00 +0200   hurriyetdailynews (en)

Important progress has been made towards strengthening global nuclear safety after Japan’s Fukushima accident last year...

People and organisations: Fukushima Daiichi  United Nations  Greenpeace International  International Atomic Energy Agency  International Atomic Energy Agency  Member States 

Green Blog: Tsunami Debris Strains Budgets and Patience
Thu, 16 Aug 2012 21:27:00 +0200   IHT (en)

States along the Pacific Coast worry that vast amounts of trash will wash up and are concerned about invasive species.

People and organisations: William Sound  Harley Davidson  Prince William  Chris Gregoire 

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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