Overall Green Earthquake alert in Japan on 20 Dec 2012 10:54 UTC

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M 4.7 in Japan on 20 Dec 2012 10:54 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 121533
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.7M
Depth:	Km
Lat/Lon:	42.1791 , 142.622
Event Date:	20 Dec 2012 10:54 UTC 20 Dec 2012 19:54 Local
Exposed Population:	460000 people within 100km
Inserted at:	20 Dec 2012 11:19 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0.5
usc000edcf	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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Japonya nükleer konusunda yeniden faal 12/24/2012 8:55:00 AM.

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After the end of the world/ Keng Yaik's leaving 12/24/2012 8:33:00 AM.

By TAY TIAN YAN Translated by SOONG PHUI JEE Sin Chew Daily Congratulations if you are reading this article as it means that you have survived the doomsday catastrophe. There was a doomsday scene in Selangor, however, when a heavy rain pour

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Tsunami debris team reaches dock on Washington coast 12/24/2012 7:54:00 AM.

(ChinaPost.com.tw) - A team hiked over primitive coastal trails to reach a dock that apparently floated from Japan after last year's tsunami and just washed ashore on a Washington state beach, and an official said the group found Japanese w

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