M 4.8 in Bulgaria on 03 Dec 2012 18:58 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 121241
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 2 Km
Lat/Lon: 43.37 , 28.65
Event Date: 03 Dec 2012 18:58 UTC
03 Dec 2012 20:58 Local
Exposed Population:
1010000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 03 Dec 2012 19:13 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0.5 0.5
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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 1506 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Japan quake triggers Fukushima fearsFri, 07 Dec 2012 18:50:00 +0100.

Japan earthquake and tsunami - Friday's quake struck the north-east coast, an area still recovering from the Fukushima disaster of 2011, above. Photograph: ...
Kleiner Tsunami trifft Japans KüsteFri, 07 Dec 2012 18:41:00 +0100.

Im Nordosten Japans bebt die Erde, eine Welle rollt auf die Region zu, die 2011 verwüstet wurde. Doch verläuft diesmal es relativ glimpflich.
V Japonsku sa triasla zem, východ zasiahlo tsunamiFri, 07 Dec 2012 18:40:00 +0100.

Spomienky na 11. marca 2011 ešte poriadne ani nevybledli, už severovýchodné pobrežie Japonska opäť zasiahlo zemetrasenie, na rozdiel od vtedajších 9,0 malo toto silu 7,3 stupňa Richterovej škály. V oblasti okamžite vydali varovanie pred hro
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Tsunami warning lifted for strong Japan earthquakeFri, 07 Dec 2012 18:37:00 +0100.

TOKYO (AP) — A strong earthquake Friday struck the same Japanese coast devastated by last year's massive quake and tsunami, generating small waves but no immediate reports of heavy damage. Several people along the northeastern coast were
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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 (40), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),