Overall Green Earthquake alert in Japan on 28 Jul 2013 11:36 UTC

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M 4.9 in Japan on 28 Jul 2013 11:36 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 1000724
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.9M
Depth:	445.6 Km
Lat/Lon:	31.0094 , 137.8667
Event Date:	28 Jul 2013 11:36 UTC 28 Jul 2013 20:36 Local
Exposed Population:	No people within 100km
Inserted at:	28 Jul 2013 11:56 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

09:14 Japon : "Tsunamiland" ou le tourisme catastrophe 8/1/2013 11:22:00 AM.

EN IMAGES - Deux ans après le gigantesque tsunami qui a causé la mort de plus de 18.000 personnes au Japon, un véritable "tourisme de catastrophe" s'y est développé. Immersion à "Tsunamiland". Exemple parmi d'autres de "tourisme catastrophe

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Fukushima: création d'un organisme pour le démantèlement 8/1/2013 11:07:00 AM.

Le ministre japonais de l'Industrie a approuvé jeudi la création d'une structure dédiée au développement des moyens techniques nécessaires pour démanteler les quatre réacteurs saccagés de la centrale accidentée de Fukushima. Appelée "Organi

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Fukushima/ Giappone crea organismo per smantellamento reattori 8/1/2013 11:07:00 AM.

Tokyo, 1 ago. Il ministro dell'Industria del Giappone ha approvato la creazione di una struttura dedicata allo sviluppo dei mezzi tecnici necessari a smantellare i quattro reattori danneggiati della centrale nucleare di Fukushima. Denominat

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Japon: "Tsunamiland", un tourisme un peu spécial 8/1/2013 10:35:00 AM.

Avant, ici, c'était beau. Les gens venaient se prélasser sur la plage de sable de Rikuzentakata, ourlée de milliers de pins majestueux. Ca, c'était avant le tsunami de 2011. Aujourd'hui on vient faire du "tourisme catastrophe" dans l'est du

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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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