M 6.2 in Pacific-Antarctic Ridge on 15 Jan 2013 16:09 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 121971
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -62.5804 , -161.397
Event Date: 15 Jan 2013 16:09 UTC
15 Jan 2013 05:09 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 Jan 2013 17:21 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
usb000epcu 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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Latest media headlines

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Protes Pembuangan Air 'Tsunami', Warga Tanah Abang Geruduk Plaza UOB 1/19/2013 1:42:00 PM.

Warga yang tinggal di belakang Plaza UOB protes karena air 'tsunami' di buang ke wilayah permukiman mereka.
DCC fails to take action against 341 risky bldgs 1/19/2013 1:36:00 PM.

. UNB, Dhaka Though the city is highly vulnerable to earthquakes, Dhaka City Corporations (South and North) could not yet take any decision about 341 buildings in the capital which were identified as unauthorised, risky and dilapidated by R
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Jenazah Korban 'Tsunami' di Plaza UOB Dibawa Pulang Saat Hujan Deras 1/19/2013 1:10:00 PM.

Setelah divisum selama 3 jam, akhirnya jenazah Hardian Eko Eristya (28) dibawa pulang keluarga. Korban 'tsunami' di basement Plaza UOB itu dibawa pulang saat hujan deras mengguyur.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),