M 4.6 in Turkmenistan on 08 Sep 2012 03:17 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 119439
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: 38.61 , 55.85
Event Date: 08 Sep 2012 03:17 UTC
08 Sep 2012 08:17 Local
Exposed Population:
250000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 Sep 2012 10:57 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0.5 0.5
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: 281 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

José María Sicilia: “El dolor produce memorias imborrables”Wed, 12 Sep 2012 02:55:00 +0200.

El artista habla sobre 'Accidents', su último trabajo, en el que busca la inspiración en el mundo de los toros, en los pájaros y en el 15-M
Legge elettorale, si profila lo scontro Bersani: mai il proporzionaleTue, 11 Sep 2012 23:56:00 +0200.

ROMA - Sulla legge elettorale, dopo lunghe e complesse prove tecniche di trattativa, ora si profila lo scontro. I "tecnici" delle riforme del Pdl, Denis Verdini, Gaetano Quagliariello, Ignazio La Russa si riuniscono
Most of quake debris still awaits disposalTue, 11 Sep 2012 23:07:00 +0200.

TOKYO, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Eighteen months after a devastating earthquake and tsunami, most of the debris left in the aftermath has yet to be cleared, Japanese officials say.
Busca El Salvador mejorar sistemas de alerta ante tsunamis, Yahoo, EUATue, 11 Sep 2012 23:00:00 +0200.

San Salvador, 11 Sep (Notimex).- Los sistemas de alerta contra tsunamis en El Salvador serán fortalecidos con las recomendaciones de expertos internacionales, tras el maremoto que se registró en el país el 6 de agosto pasado, informaron hoy
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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 (40), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),