Overall Green Earthquake alert in Vanuatu on 24 Jul 2013 00:30 UTC

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M 4.9 in Vanuatu on 24 Jul 2013 00:30 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 1000625
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.9M
Depth:	35.3 Km
Lat/Lon:	-17.3748 , 167.5397
Event Date:	24 Jul 2013 00:30 UTC 24 Jul 2013 11:30 Local
Exposed Population:	About 49695 people within 100km
Inserted at:	24 Jul 2013 01:17 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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El nivel de cesio radiactivo en el agua de un túnel subterráneo de Fuk ... Sat, 27 Jul 2013 21:08:00 +0200.

La Compañía de Energía Eléctrica de Tokio (TEPCO) ha revelado este sábado que ha detectado 2.350 millones de becquerelios -- la medida de liberación de energía radiactiva-- de cesio por cada litro de agua de un túnel subterráneo de la centr

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El nivel de cesio radiactivo en el agua de un túnel subterráneo de Fuk ... Sat, 27 Jul 2013 20:13:00 +0200.

La Compañía de Energía Eléctrica de Tokio (TEPCO) ha revelado este sábado que ha detectado 2.350 millones de becquerelios -- la medida de liberación de energía radiactiva-- de cesio por cada litro de agua de un túnel subterráneo de la centr

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Nurse: Child abuse increasing in Japanese areas hit by 2011 quakeSat, 27 Jul 2013 19:50:00 +0200.

TOKYO, July 27 (UPI) -- Child abuse is on the rise in areas of Japan devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, welfare workers say.

Água contaminada em Fukushima tem nível de radioatividade semelhante a ... Sat, 27 Jul 2013 18:25:00 +0200.

A empresa Tokyo Electric Power (Tpco), que administra a Usina Nuclear de Fukushima Daiichi, no Nordeste do Japão, informou que a água contaminada que vazou para o Oceano Pacífico tem os mesmos níveis de radioatividade e, portanto, a mesma c

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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), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),

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