M 6.5 Off-shore on 26 Mar 2014 03:29 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 1028293
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.5M
Depth: 503.6 Km
Lat/Lon: -26.202 , 179.369
Event Date: 26 Mar 2014 03:29 UTC
26 Mar 2014 15:29 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 Apr 2014 06:31 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
USGS 0 0 0.5
pt14085000 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      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 243 | About casualties: 5 | 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 (81), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), (3), INFORM (2), USGS (2), NOAA (1),