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 4.

• Earthquake magnitude 4.5M and depth 5km
• on 09/06/2012 02:04 UTC
• 4120000 people within 100km

Latest media headlines

Articles: 171 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

News from Across the Ocean
Tue, 12 Jun 2012 22:25:00 +0200   rian-en (en)

When I report news, I know that my family and friends back in the States are reading it, which keeps them up to date not only on the news over here, but also what I’m up to.

People and organisations: Facebook 

Le Japon pénalisé par le yen valeur refuge
Tue, 12 Jun 2012 22:00:00 +0200   lefigaro (fr)

Une délégation du Fonds monétaire international (FMI), conduite par Jerald Schiff, directeur adjoint pour l'Asie-Pacifique, a achevé mardi une visite au Japon, commencée le 30 mai dernier. Elle a rencontré les responsables du gouvernement, les dirigeants de la Banque du Japon (BoJ) et des représentants du secteur privé.

People and organisations: Bank of Japan  David Lipton  International Monetary Fund  International Monetary Fund 

Radiko users now top 10 million
Tue, 12 Jun 2012 19:56:00 +0200   japantimes (en)

Monthly users of the Radiko Internet radio broadcasting service topped 10 million for the first time in April, its operator said. A total of 10.46 million listeners used the service that offers simultaneous broadcasts of radio programs over the Internet in April, Radiko Co. said Monday.

People and organisations: Open University 

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EMM (1), JRC (20), (1), WMO (1), OCHA (1), INGV (2),

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