M 6 in Russian Federation on 19 Apr 2013 19:58 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 124187
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Depth: 18.6 Km
Lat/Lon: 49.9378 , 157.639
Event Date: 19 Apr 2013 19:58 UTC
20 Apr 2013 06:58 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 19 Apr 2013 20:28 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
usb000gc6m Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Ma asks Taiwanese to help Sichuan earthquake victims 4/23/2013 7:55:00 PM.

President Ma Ying-jeou (???) yesterday asked Taiwanese to make donations and pray for the victims of Saturday’s earthquake in China’s Sichuan Province. Ma posted on his Facebook page that the number of casualties has continued to rise since
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Condolences continue to flow in after earthquake 4/23/2013 7:25:00 PM.

More foreign leaders extended their condolences on Monday and Tuesday to China over the deadly earthquake in its Southwestern Sichuan province.
More Older Adults Seeking Therapy for First Time 4/23/2013 7:14:00 PM.

In a trend that is occurring nationwide, more people age 80 years and older are seeking psychological counseling for the first time in their lives than have ever done so in the past, reported the New York Times . These actions may represent
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Petri Artturi Asikainen: From the cradle (almost) to the grave: Photog.. 4/23/2013 7:05:00 PM.

Petri Artturi Asikainen, armed with his camera, spent three years approaching complete strangers in the Japanese capital city and asking if he could take their photo to complete his 100 Years in Tokyo project.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),