This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the Magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

• Earthquake magnitude 6.2M and depth 236.1km
• on 03/07/2012 10:36 UTC
• About 37000 people within 100km

Known identifiers for this event: usb000awz5 (neicid)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 748 | About casualties: 6 | Last hour: 0

El accidente de Fukushima fue un desastre humano que pudo haberse prevenido
Sat, 07 Jul 2012 10:37:00 +0200   antena3noticias (es)

Un panel de expertos aseguró que el accidente en la central nuclear de Fukushima en marzo de 2011 podía haberse prevenido, y que la respuesta del Gobierno y la eléctrica TEPCO a la crisis estuvo llena de errores humanos.

People and organisations: Fukushima Daiichi  Tsunehisa Katsumata  Naoto Kan 

Fukushima reactor meltdown was a man-made disaster, says official report
Sat, 07 Jul 2012 10:13:00 +0200   arabpolitical (en)

ANGELES -- An independent parliamentary commission accused the Japanese government and the nation's leading utility of "collusion" in avoiding vital nuclear safety improvements that would have prevented the reactor meltdowns last year at the tsunami-damaged Fukushima complex.

People and organisations: American Electric Power Co  Fukushima Dai-ichi  Tokyo Electric Power  Tokyo Electric Power  Tokyo Electric Power 

Pro-Romney Group in $25 mn Ad Buy on Day of Jobs Report
Sat, 07 Jul 2012 09:45:00 +0200   naharnet-en (en)

Crossroads GPS has purchased a $25 million ad blitz in nine battleground states to attack President Barack Obama's record on jobs and the debt, the advocacy group supporting Republican Mitt Romney said Friday. The wave of advertisements, which roll out on July 10 and run through early August, begins....

People and organisations: George W Bush  Global Positioning System  Barack Obama  Mitt Romney  Washington Post  Steven Law  Karl Rove 

Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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