Overall Green Earthquake alert in China on 28 Jul 2013 15:26 UTC

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M 4.6 in China on 28 Jul 2013 15:26 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 1000729
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.6M
Depth:	15 Km
Lat/Lon:	34.5456 , 104.246
Event Date:	28 Jul 2013 15:26 UTC 28 Jul 2013 23:26 Local
Exposed Population:	5076384 people within 100km
Inserted at:	28 Jul 2013 16:53 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
	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: 525 | About casualties: 52 | Last hour: 0

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RIKUZENTAKATA, Japón (AFP) photo0. Rikuzentakata era una ciudad famosa por su playa y por sus pinos majestuosos en el Pacífico japonés, pero desde el tsunami de 2011 se convirtió en un polo de 'turismo catástrofe', una actividad lucrativa e

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Création d'un organisme pour le démantèlement de FukushimaThu, 01 Aug 2013 14:30:00 +0200.

Le ministre japonais de l'Industrie a approuvé jeudi la création d'une structure dédiée au développement des ... Source : 7sur7 - Articles similaires

Japon: retour des touristes sur les plages ravagées par le tsunamiThu, 01 Aug 2013 13:26:00 +0200.

Avant le tsunami de 2011, les touristes venaient se prélasser sur les plages de Rikuzentakata, dans le nord-est du Japon. Aujourd'hui, ils reviennent, mais pour passer leurs vacances d'été près des montagnes de débris qui défigurent le litt

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Création d'un organisme pour le démantèlement de FukushimaThu, 01 Aug 2013 12:36:00 +0200.

Le ministre japonais de l'Industrie a approuvé jeudi la création d'une structure dédiée au développement des ...

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