Overall Green Earthquake alert in Japan on 23 Nov 2013 16:26 UTC

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M 4.6 in Japan on 23 Nov 2013 16:26 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 1012872
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.6M
Depth:	56.92 Km
Lat/Lon:	42.27 , 142.59
Event Date:	23 Nov 2013 16:26 UTC 24 Nov 2013 01:26 Local
Exposed Population:	662525 people within 100km
Inserted at:	23 Nov 2013 16:47 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: 427 | About casualties: 28 | Last hour: 0

Índia investiga ação de grupo anti-nuclear em explosão perto de usinaWed, 27 Nov 2013 15:29:00 +0100.

A polícia da Índia investiga o envolvimento de um grupo anti-nuclear na explosão acidental de duas bombas caseiras em um vilarejo próximo à usina atômica de Kudankulam, no extremo sul do país. Na explosão, seis pessoas morreram e outras trê

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"Una depresión puede ser más discapacitante que una ceguera"Wed, 27 Nov 2013 15:04:00 +0100.

27 Noviembre 2013 Como la fase de emergencia aguda que precede el tifón Haiyan se ha calmado, el próximo gran obstáculo para los filipinos es enfrentarse al impacto psicológico de la catástrofe. © Yann Libessart / MSF Información relacionad

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EEUU considera que la nueva zona de defensa china "incrementa la tensi ... Wed, 27 Nov 2013 14:44:00 +0100.

La hija del expresidente estadounidense John F. Kennedy, designada la nueva embajadora de EEUU en Japón, Caroline Kennedy, manifestó que la decisión de China únicamente sirve para "incrementar la tensión".

Kennedy considera que la nueva zona de defensa china "incrementa la te ... Wed, 27 Nov 2013 12:42:00 +0100.

Tokio, 27 nov (EFE).- La nueva embajadora de EEUU en Japón, Caroline Kennedy, aseguró hoy que la decisión de China de crear una nueva zona de defensa aérea en la región "debilita la seguridad" y únicamente sirve para "incrementar la tensión

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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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),

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