Overall Green Earthquake alert in Japan on 04 Sep 2013 00:18 UTC

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M 6.5 in Japan on 04 Sep 2013 00:18 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 1004517
Earthquake Magnitude:	6.5M
Depth:	404.8 Km
Lat/Lon:	29.9862 , 138.8108
Event Date:	04 Sep 2013 00:18 UTC 04 Sep 2013 09:18 Local
Exposed Population:	No people within 100km
Inserted at:	04 Sep 2013 00:33 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0		0
usb000jgfc	Scaled population (vector)	n.a	Max wave scenario	0m
	C1 earthquake	n.a	Max wave realtime	0m
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

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Latest media headlines

Articles: 517 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Bericht: Tepco findet Grundwasser-Leck in FukushimaThu, 05 Sep 2013 18:27:00 +0200.

Tokio/Berlin (dpa) - Der Betreiber des japanischen Katastrophenmeilers Fukushima hat laut einem Zeitungsbericht erstmals ein Grundwasserleck in der zerstörten Atomanlage entdeckt.

Tepco encuentra filtración de agua subterránea en ruinas de FukushimaThu, 05 Sep 2013 18:24:00 +0200.

Se trata de la primera filtración de estas características desde el fuerte terremoto y tsunami registrados el 11 de marzo de 2011. Además, en los últimos días se volvieron a medir niveles de radiación extremadamente altos.

USGS: 6.0 Magnitude Quake off Costa RicaThu, 05 Sep 2013 18:20:00 +0200.

A 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck in the Pacific off northwestern Costa Rica on Thursday, but officials said there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The United States Geological Survey in Washington said the quake occurred ab

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Bericht: Tepco findet Grundwasser-Leck in FukushimaThu, 05 Sep 2013 18:01:00 +0200.

Der Betreiber des japanischen Katastrophenmeilers Fukushima hat laut einem Zeitungsbericht erstmals ein Grundwasserleck in der zerstörten Atomanlage entdeckt.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (81), (5), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (2), INFORM (4), USGS (2), NOAA (1),

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