M 5.3 in Georgia on 14 Oct 2012 10:13 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 120195
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 41.861 , 46.3622
Event Date: 14 Oct 2012 10:13 UTC
14 Oct 2012 14:13 Local
Exposed Population:
1020000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 Oct 2012 10:52 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usb000d5nf 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 259 | About casualties: 6 | Last hour: 0

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Eylül 2008’de patlak veren küresel krizin ardından bir toplantıda karşılaştığım bir denizcilik uzmanı, yaşanan krizin tsunami olduğunu ve zamana yayılarak devam edeceğini söylemişti. Umarım haksız çıkarım ama denizde piyasaların düzelmesi 5
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Suu Kyi Wins Japanese Peace AwardThu, 18 Oct 2012 08:15:00 +0200.

Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been named one of this year’s recipients of the Sakai Peace Contribution Award, established by Sakai City in Japan’s Osaka Prefecture in 2008, according to a report by the Asahi Shimbun. An awa
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4 Shizuoka cities start accepting disaster-generated debris from IwateThu, 18 Oct 2012 05:07:00 +0200.

09:44 18 October 4 Shizuoka cities start accepting disaster-generated debris from Iwate SHIZUOKA, Japan, Oct. 18, Kyodo Four municipalities in Shizuoka on Thursday started accepting debris generated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami
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Cosmic rays could probe Fukushima reactorsThu, 18 Oct 2012 02:38:00 +0200.

LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Oct. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say cosmic rays could be used to gather detailed information from inside the damaged cores of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors in Japan.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
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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),