Overall Green Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea on 02 Jul 2013 12:05 UTC

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M 4.9 in Papua New Guinea on 02 Jul 2013 12:05 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 1000349
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.9M
Depth:	39.1 Km
Lat/Lon:	-4.8418 , 152.2711
Event Date:	02 Jul 2013 12:05 UTC 02 Jul 2013 22:05 Local
Exposed Population:	No people within 100km
Inserted at:	02 Jul 2013 15:23 UTC

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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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Quake hits Indonesia's Sumatra days after deadly tremorSat, 06 Jul 2013 12:01:00 +0200.

JAKARTA: A strong 6.0-magnitude quake struck off Indonesia’s Sumatra Saturday, US seismologists said, just days after a tremor on the vast island killed dozens and left thousands homeless.

Endonezya'da 6.4 şiddetinde deprem olduSat, 06 Jul 2013 11:56:00 +0200.

Endonezya’nın batısındaki Mentawai adaları açıklarında bu sabah 6,4 şiddetinde deprem meydana geldi.

Endonezyada 6,1 şiddetinde deprem meydana geldiSat, 06 Jul 2013 11:51:00 +0200.

Endonezyanın batısındaki Mentawai adaları açıklarında bu sabah 6,4 şiddetinde deprem meydana geldi. Depremin 23 kilometre yerin derinliğinde meydana geldiği ifade edildi. Can ve mal kaybı ile ilgili henüz açıklama yapılmazken, bögede tsunam

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Sismo de magnitude 6,4 atingiu ilha indonésia de SumatraSat, 06 Jul 2013 11:48:00 +0200.

Um sismo de magnitude 6,4 sacudiu hoje a ilha indonésia de Sumatra, revelou o observatório geológico norte-americano que monitoriza a atividade sísmica em todo o mundo. O sismo foi localizado a 23 quilómetros de profundidade e a 154 quilóme

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