M 6.5 in Costa Rica on 24 Oct 2012 00:45 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 120412
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.5M
Depth: 20.1 Km
Lat/Lon: 10.1211 , -85.3137
Event Date: 24 Oct 2012 00:45 UTC
23 Oct 2012 18:45 Local
Exposed Population:
825386 people within 100km
Inserted at: 24 Oct 2012 02:00 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.8 0.8
usb000dc6x 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
Satellite products
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 427 | About casualties: 19 | Last hour: 0

Coast Guard upgrade under Japan's economic stimulusSat, 27 Oct 2012 21:43:00 +0200.

The first tranche of economic stimulus measures unveiled by the Japanese government on Friday will include billions of yen for new ships and aircraft for the Japan Coast Guard. The cabinet approved a 423 billion yen (HK$41 billion) stimulus
...(more)
Fukushima registra altos niveles de radiactividadSat, 27 Oct 2012 18:57:00 +0200.

Un investigador señala que no hay nivel de peligrosidad para la población, pero que aún hay radiación en el fondo del mar
Maya-Kalender: Statt des Weltuntergangs ein TsunamiSat, 27 Oct 2012 18:57:00 +0200.

Die Länder der Maya-Kulturregion bereiten sich auf das Ende des Zyklus „13 Baktún“ vor. Der vorausgesagte Weltuntergang könnte dabei zum Tourismuserfolg werden.
China hebt Bauverbot für Atomkraftwerke aufSat, 27 Oct 2012 15:43:00 +0200.

China wird wieder mit dem Bau neuer Kernkraftwerke beginnen, der nach der Katastrophe im japanischen Atomkraftwerk „Fukushima-1“ im März vergangenen Jahres eingestellt wurde. [Ganzen Artikel jetzt lesen]

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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), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),