M 5.1 in Russia on 21 Oct 2012 11:57 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 120366
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: 53.4341 , 142.634
Event Date: 21 Oct 2012 11:57 UTC
21 Oct 2012 22:57 Local
Exposed Population:
About 32000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Oct 2012 12:20 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usb000da32 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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 332 | About casualties: 15 | Last hour: 0

Tokyo's maverick governor quits for national tiltThu, 25 Oct 2012 11:29:00 +0200.

Tokyo's controversial governor Shintaro Ishihara has announced he is quitting his post to set up a new party to contest Japan's national elections.
China levanta la prohibición de la construcción de centrales nuclearesThu, 25 Oct 2012 10:03:00 +0200.

La construcción de las nuevas centrales atómicas en China, suspendida después del accidente en la planta japonesa Fukushima-1 en marzo del año pasado, será reanudada.
La Chine lève l'interdiction de construire des centrales nucléairesThu, 25 Oct 2012 09:31:00 +0200.

La Chine a repris la construction de nouvelles centrales nucléaires suspendue après l'accident de la centrale japonaise de Fukushima. Une déclaration du gouvernement chinois stipule que d'ici 2015 plusieurs centrales nucléaires seront const
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Ishihara Quits as Tokyo Governor to Form New Political PartyThu, 25 Oct 2012 09:27:00 +0200.

Governor Shintaro Ishihara, an advocate of Japan acquiring nuclear weapons and a longtime critic of China, said he will resign and form a new political party ahead of an election that must be called by August. Ishihara, 80, said at a press
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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),