This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the Magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Updated: this report is based on update number 2.

• Earthquake magnitude 6M and depth 71.4km
• on 23/05/2012 15:02 UTC
• About 67000 people within 100km

Known identifiers for this event: usb0009wev (neicid)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 406 | About casualties: 7 | Last hour: 0

Japão recusou engenheiros dos EUA durante tragédia de Fukushima
Sun, 27 May 2012 15:02:00 +0200   folha (pt)

O Japão recusou uma oferta dos Estados Unidos de incluir engenheiros nucleares americanos na célula de crise constituída ao redor do primeiro-ministro japonês após a catástrofe nuclear de Fukushima, revelou neste domingo um ministro japonês. "O embaixador americano (John) Roos afirmou que (os....

People and organisations: John Roos  Yukio Edano 

Svět šokoval masakr v Húlá, Je to tsunami lží, tvrdí Sýrie
Sun, 27 May 2012 14:33:00 +0200   lidovky (cs)

Syrský režim odmítá zodpovědnost za páteční masakr ve městě Húlá. Odpůrci vlády Bašára Asada tvrdí, že středosyrské město se stalo terčem bombardování. Podle opozice i představitelů OSN zahynulo 92 lidí včetně 32 dětí mladších deseti let. V neděli byly tvrdé boje ohlášeny z města Hamá.

People and organisations: Kofi Annan  Hillary Rodham Clinton  Catherine Ashton  European Union 

Hosono visits Fukushima plant to quell fears over No. 4's pool
Sun, 27 May 2012 13:58:00 +0200   japantimes (en)

The environment and nuclear minister visited the crippled Fukushima No. 1 power plant Saturday to inspect a spent-fuel pool that has been raising safety concerns and said it appears to have been properly reinforced. The visit by Goshi Hosono, apparently aimed at bolstering confidence in the safety....

People and organisations: American Electric Power Co  Tokyo Electric Power  Tokyo Electric Power  Tokyo Electric Power  Goshi Hosono 

Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product. The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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