M 4.9 in Uganda on 20 Nov 2012 16:23 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 120988
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -0.8306 , 30.1531
Event Date: 20 Nov 2012 16:23 UTC
20 Nov 2012 19:23 Local
Exposed Population:
6970000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Nov 2012 18:30 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
us2012ieas Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 332 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

Magnitude 4.9 quake jolts Tokyo, no tsunami warningSat, 24 Nov 2012 15:28:00 +0100.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.9 jolted Tokyo and nearby areas on Saturday, but no tsunami warning has been issued, Japan Meteorological Agency said.
Magnitude 4.9 quake jolts Tokyo, no tsunami warningSat, 24 Nov 2012 15:23:00 +0100.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.9 jolted Tokyo and nearby areas on Saturday, but no tsunami warning has been issued, Japan Meteorological Agency said.
Un séisme de magnitude 4,9 s'est produit dans la région de TokyoSat, 24 Nov 2012 14:38:00 +0100.

Un séisme de magnitude 4,9 a eu lieu ce samedi dans la partie centrale de l'île principale japonaise de Honshu.
Erdbeben der Stärke 4,9 erschüttert TokioSat, 24 Nov 2012 13:54:00 +0100.

Ein Erdbeben der Stärke 4,9 hat am Samstag den zentralen Teil der japanischen Insel Honshu erschüttert. Es liegen bisher keine Informationen über Verletzte und Zerstörungen vor. Der japanische Wetterdienst hatte eine Tsunami-Warnung ausgege
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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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),