M 4.5 in Zambia on 02 Oct 2013 14:23 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 1007627
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 8 Km
Lat/Lon: -13.53 , 31.73
Event Date: 02 Oct 2013 14:23 UTC
02 Oct 2013 16:23 Local
Exposed Population:
761107 people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 Oct 2013 19:30 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0 0
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=337196 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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Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant operator says another tank leaked toxi ... Sun, 06 Oct 2013 13:58:00 +0200.

THE operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant said today another tank holding highly contaminated water overflowed, probably sending the liquid into the Pacific Ocean, in the second such breach in less than two months.
Abe seeks help to end Fukushima water crisisSun, 06 Oct 2013 13:34:00 +0200.

Prime Minister Abe uses a science conference to issue a request for more foreign help in solving the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 power ...
Radioaktives Wasser: Japan bittet um ausländische Hilfe für FukushimaSun, 06 Oct 2013 13:15:00 +0200.

Japan bekommt seine Probleme mit radioaktiv belastetem Wasser in Fukushima nicht in den Griff. Ministerpräsident Abe hat nun internationale Experten um Hilfe gebeten.
Neues Leck in Fukushima: Radioaktives Wasser läuft in den PazifikSun, 06 Oct 2013 12:26:00 +0200.

Der Betreiber Tepco bekommt die Atomruine Fukushima nicht unter Kontrolle. Erneut ist an dem havarierten Atomkraftwerk radioaktives Wasser ins Meer gelaufen. Die Regierung kritisiert Tepco ungewöhnlich scharf.

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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), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),