M 4.7 in Georgia on 13 Oct 2012 18:44 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 120177
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 15 Km
Lat/Lon: 41.89 , 46.41
Event Date: 13 Oct 2012 18:44 UTC
13 Oct 2012 23:44 Local
Exposed Population:
1060000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 Oct 2012 08:11 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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Meteo assessment
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 121 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Women Hit Hard by Natural DisastersSat, 13 Oct 2012 20:43:00 +0200.

In the aftermath of a natural disaster, women are often the most vulnerable. Particularly in rural areas, women suffer disproportionately from inadequate shelter and poor sanitation facilities and are often tasked with rebuilding shattered
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Tepco finally admits nuke crisis avoidableSat, 13 Oct 2012 19:23:00 +0200.

Tokyo Electric Power Co. has acknowledged for the first time that the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant could have been avoided. In a statement Friday, Tepco's internal reform task force said the utility was aware safety i
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Liberia: President Sirleaf Meets Japanese Emperor and Addresses Japan ... Sat, 13 Oct 2012 19:09:00 +0200.

[Liberia Govt]Tokyo -President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Friday, October 12, called on the Japanese Emperor at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. According to Japan's traditional order of succession, Akihito, the reigning Emperor of Japan, is the
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Quake's role in Fukushima disasterSat, 13 Oct 2012 17:52:00 +0200.

Regarding the front-page Oct. 8 article "Fukushima 50" workers as saying, "The (power generators) were knocked out by water from the tsunami. I thought it was all over." The reporter then adds that "the workers successfully shut down all of
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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), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),