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

• Earthquake magnitude 5.8M and depth 190.2km
• on 12/07/2012 14:00 UTC
• 890000 people within 100km

Known identifiers for this event: usb000b40i (neicid)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 206 | About casualties: 6 | Last hour: 0

Here's A Scoop: When News Breaks, People Check YouTube For Videos
Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:57:00 +0200   npr (en)

The Pew Research Center's Project of Excellence in Journalism today puts some numbers behind the trend. It confirms that especially when natural disasters have happened or there's political upheaval, the video site has become a must-see source.

People and organisations: Paul McCartney  Pew Research Center  YouTube  Bruce Springsteen 

Zehntausende Japaner demonstrieren gegen Atomkraft
Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:49:00 +0200   swr (de)

Japans Regierung kehrt in kleinen Schritten zur Atomkraft zurück. In dieser Woche soll ein zweiter Reaktor wieder ans Netz gehen - gut ein Jahr nach der Katastrophe von Fukushima. Doch in der Bevölkerung regt sich Protest. Rund 200.000 Menschen gingen in Tokio gegen das Vorhaben auf die Straße.

People and organisations:

Une foule antinucléaire montée à Tokyo pour exiger un Japon "propre"
Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:45:00 +0200   lepays-fr (fr)

"Je veux rendre un Japon propre à mes enfants et à mes petits-enfants". Comme des dizaines de milliers de Nippons, Akiko Ichikawa est montée lundi à Tokyo depuis sa province pour exiger l'arrêt du nucléaire, seize mois après l'accident de Fukushima qui a traumatisé la population.

People and organisations: Yoshihiko Noda  Ryuichi Sakamoto 

Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product. The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: NEIC (4), EMM (1), JRC (20), (1), OCHA (1), INGV (1),

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