M 4.6 in Peru on 08 Jun 2012 12:54 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 117449
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 9.9 Km
Lat/Lon: -12.1596 , -76.4789
Event Date: 08 Jun 2012 12:54 UTC
08 Jun 2012 07:54 Local
Exposed Population:
8940000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 Jun 2012 13:21 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usb000aaie 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: 356 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

Fiji: Hard Rock Cafe donates for Fiji flood victimsTue, 12 Jun 2012 12:45:00 +0200.

Source: Government of Fiji Country: Fiji Hard Rock Café President, Mr Ken Shimizu and the Managing Director, Mr. Masaharu Oka on Thursday, 7 May 2012 donated ¥1,000,000 to the Fiji Embassy in Tokyo towards Fiji flood victims. The company wa
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Japan's PM Calls for Reopening of Nuclear PlantTue, 12 Jun 2012 11:43:00 +0200.

Japan's prime minister has called for the reopening of an idle nuclear plant, saying Japan cannot do without atomic energy. At a news conference Friday, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda called for all operations to resume at the Ohi nuclear pl
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Moderate earthquake hits Sunda StraitTue, 12 Jun 2012 10:18:00 +0200.

Kuala Lumpur: A moderate earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale occurred in the Sunda Strait at 1.59pm today, according to the Malaysian Meteorological Department.
Les sorties parisiennes du jour du 12 juinTue, 12 Jun 2012 09:29:00 +0200.

Concert, basket, expo, photo, Metro a sélectionné les meilleurs événements pour une soirée réussie.

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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),