M 6.3 in Canada on 28 Oct 2012 18:54 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 120536
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.3M
Depth: 8.2 Km
Lat/Lon: 52.6329 , -132.701
Event Date: 28 Oct 2012 18:54 UTC
28 Oct 2012 09:54 Local
Exposed Population:
About 989 people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Oct 2012 19:15 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
usb000dg06 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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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 850 | About casualties: 7 | Last hour: 0

Japan: Die verlorene Würde der Fukushima-RetterThu, 01 Nov 2012 18:47:00 +0100.

Nach der Fukushima-Katastrophe waren Tepco-Mitarbeiter die ersten an den Reaktoren. Sie arbeiteten teilweise ohne Schutz und ohne Wissen um die Höhe der Strahlenwerte. Einer fordert nun Schadenersatz.
Tsunamis in Lake Geneva: Lake monstersThu, 01 Nov 2012 18:23:00 +0100.

IN 563AD a tsunami devastated Geneva. Two accounts of the disaster, one by Gregory of Tours and the other by Marius of Avenches, have survived. What caused the wave, and the extent of the damage that resulted, have been matters of conjectur
...(more)
Japans Wiederaufbau stocktThu, 01 Nov 2012 18:22:00 +0100.

Ein Viertel des japanischenSonderbudgets für den Wiederaufbau wurde in Gebieten ausgegeben, die nicht vom Tsunami betroffen waren. Vor Ort fehlen vielfach Experten, die Projekte umsetzen können.
Nuclear crisis crew not told of dangerThu, 01 Nov 2012 17:59:00 +0100.

Tepco knew full well of the risks from highly radioactive water at the Fukushima No. 1 plant following the tsunami-triggered meltdowns but sent in crews without adequate protection or warnings anyway, one worker has alleged in a legal compl
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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),