Overall Green Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea on 19 Jun 2013 06:52 UTC

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M 5.3 in Papua New Guinea on 19 Jun 2013 06:52 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 1000230
Earthquake Magnitude:	5.3M
Depth:	9.9 Km
Lat/Lon:	-3.7658 , 151.3574
Event Date:	19 Jun 2013 06:52 UTC 19 Jun 2013 16:52 Local
Exposed Population:	About 68180 people within 100km
Inserted at:	19 Jun 2013 09:17 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 149 | About casualties: 11 | Last hour: 0

Elevata radioattività nelle acque sotterranee presso FukushimaWed, 19 Jun 2013 15:42:00 +0200.

La società TEPCO, gestore dell'impianto nucleare di Fukushima danneggiato dal terremoto e dallo tsunami nel 2011, ha rilevato valori trenta volte superiori rispetto alle norma di stronzio e otto volte di trizio nelle acque sotterranee nei p

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Allemagne-Inondations : Schumi fait un donWed, 19 Jun 2013 15:17:00 +0200.

L'Allemand Michael Schumacher, septuple champion du monde de F1, s'est engagé à verser 500.000 euros aux victimes des inondations historiques qui ont touché l'Allemagne. "Nous (son épouse et lui) sommes évidemment conscients que ce n'est qu

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Qatar Friendship Fund announces four new projects and visits TohokuWed, 19 Jun 2013 15:08:00 +0200.

Qatar: Four new projects were recently announced after a three-day field visit by the Qatar Friendship Fund team to the Tohoku Region. [AMEInfo.com]

Radioactive element found in groundwater near Japan n-plantWed, 19 Jun 2013 15:08:00 +0200.

High levels of a toxic radioactive isotope have been found in groundwater near the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, the plant operator said Wednesday. The Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) said tests showed Strontium-90 was

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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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