M 4.5 in Türkiye on 21 Jan 2015 13:58 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 1047223
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 4 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.25 , 42.86
Event Date: 21 Jan 2015 13:58 UTC
21 Jan 2015 15:58 Local
Exposed Population:
1482219 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Jan 2015 15:21 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 147 | About casualties: 6 | Last hour: 0

Fukushima executives won't face charges: prosecutorsThu, 22 Jan 2015 14:48:00 +0100.

Japanese prosecutors say three former Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) executives will not be charged over their handling of the 2011 Fukushima disaster, setting up a possible showdown with a rarely used citizen's panel that could still forc
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TEPCO executives won't face charges over Fukushima disaster, Japan pro ... Thu, 22 Jan 2015 14:40:00 +0100.

Japanese prosecutors say three former Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) executives will not be charged over their handling of the 2011 Fukushima disaster, setting up a possible showdown with a rarely used citizen's panel that could still forc
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Fukushima: la justice renonce à poursuivre d'ex-dirigeants de TepcoThu, 22 Jan 2015 14:28:00 +0100.

Tokyo (AFP) La justice japonaise a décidé jeudi de ne pas poursuivre d'anciens dirigeants de la compagnie Tepco, exploitante de la centrale accidentée Fukushima Daiichi, en dépit du souhait d'un panel civil qui les rend responsables du dram
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TEPCO executives won't face charges over Fukushima disaster, Japan pro ... Thu, 22 Jan 2015 14:22:00 +0100.

Japanese prosecutors say three former Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) executives will not be charged over their handling of the 2011 Fukushima disaster, setting up a possible showdown with a rarely used citizen's panel that could still forc
...(more)

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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),