M 4.6 in Near North Coast Of Irian Jaya on 25 Mar 2014 19:54 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 1028280
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 33.09 Km
Lat/Lon: -2.7301 , 140.4435
Event Date: 25 Mar 2014 19:54 UTC
26 Mar 2014 04:54 Local
Exposed Population:
313590 people within 100km
Inserted at: 25 Mar 2014 20:40 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
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.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 262 | About casualties: 6 | Last hour: 0

Japan's Fukushima cleanup halted after ditch digger diesFri, 28 Mar 2014 12:48:00 +0100.

TOKYO (Reuters) - A worker at Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant died on Friday after being buried under gravel while digging a ditch, prompting the operator to suspend cleanup work for safety checks.
Japan's Fukushima cleanup halted after ditch digger diesFri, 28 Mar 2014 12:48:00 +0100.

TOKYO (Reuters) - A worker at Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant died on Friday after being buried under gravel while digging a ditch, prompting the operator to suspend cleanup work for safety checks.
Japan's Fukushima cleanup halted after ditch digger diesFri, 28 Mar 2014 12:46:00 +0100.

TOKYO - A worker at Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant died on Friday after being buried under gravel while digging a ditch, prompting the operator to suspend cleanup work for safety checks. Tokyo Electric Power Co said it was the firs
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Japan Fukushima nuclear worker dies in mudslideFri, 28 Mar 2014 12:46:00 +0100.

TOKYOA worker died Friday at the Japanese nuclear plant devastated by the 2011 tsunami after getting buried in a mudslide, in the first death from an accident during efforts to control and decommission the facility.

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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), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),