M 4.8 in China on 07 Sep 2012 05:12 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 119418
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.6026 , 104.189
Event Date: 07 Sep 2012 05:12 UTC
07 Sep 2012 13:12 Local
Exposed Population:
7480000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 07 Sep 2012 05:39 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usc000chq6 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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Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 801 | About casualties: 120 | Last hour: 0

Japón: Casi 3 mil personas siguen desaparecidas a 18 meses del terremo ... Tue, 11 Sep 2012 04:55:00 +0200.

Hoy se cumple un año y medio desde que el terremoto y el tsunami del 11 de marzo 2011 golpearan la región y dejaran 15 870 muertos, además de provocar el peor accidente nuclear desde 1986, sin embargo a la fecha, en el noreste japonés 2846
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Casi 3.000 personas siguen desaparecidas 18 meses después del tsunamiTue, 11 Sep 2012 04:49:00 +0200.

En el noreste japonés 2.846 personas siguen desaparecidas a día de hoy, cuando se cumple un año y medio desde que el terremoto y el tsunami del 11 de marzo 2011 golpearon la región y dejaron 15.870 muertos, además de provocar el peor accide
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Patriarch Kirill I to consecrate new churches in Siberia, Far EastTue, 11 Sep 2012 03:19:00 +0200.

Patriarch's visit to Japan will take place from September 14 through to September 18
220 students 'save' mangrovesTue, 11 Sep 2012 03:02:00 +0200.

CULTURAL EXCHANGE: Japanese, Mara college volunteers plant saplings in Kg Sepetang

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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), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),