M 4.7 in Turkmenistan on 01 Oct 2012 08:43 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 119978
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 2 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.57 , 55.56
Event Date: 01 Oct 2012 08:43 UTC
01 Oct 2012 13:43 Local
Exposed Population:
220000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 01 Oct 2012 11:00 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: 103 | About casualties: 13 | Last hour: 0

Japão: Vai ser retomada construção da primeira central nuclear após Fu ... Mon, 01 Oct 2012 12:05:00 +0200.

Tóquio, 01 out (Lusa) - A operadora Electric Power Development (J-Power) anunciou hoje que decidiu retomar a construção de uma central nuclear na província de Aomori, no Norte do Japão, a primeira desde a crise de março de 2011, em Fukushim
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Almudena Ariza será la corresponsal de TVE en Nueva YorkMon, 01 Oct 2012 11:14:00 +0200.

La cadena pública refuerza su presencia en Estados Unidos, donde se mantiene Lorenzo Milá en Washington
"Médecins sans frontières" lance un appel aux donsMon, 01 Oct 2012 11:10:00 +0200.

C'est une première depuis 10 ans : MSF lance un appel aux dons. D'habitude l'ONG mobilise les donateurs à l'occasion d'une catastrophe (tremblement de terre, tsunami, inondations, famine...). Mais là, devant la baisse des dons, et surtout d
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Japão. Vai ser retomada construção da primeira central nuclear após Fu ... Mon, 01 Oct 2012 11:03:00 +0200.

A operadora Electric Power Development (J-Power) anunciou hoje que decidiu retomar a construção de uma central nuclear na província de Aomori, no Norte do Japão, a primeira desde a crise de março de 2011, em Fukushima. A J-Power, que ainda
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),