Overall Green Earthquake in Italy from 20 May 2012 02:03 UTC to 02:03

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M 6.1 in Italy from 20 May 2012 02:03 UTC to 02:03

Event summary

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

GDACS ID	EQ 117047
Earthquake Magnitude:	6.1M
Glide number:	EQ-2012-000080-ITA
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	44.9 , 11.24
Event Date:	20 May 2012 02:03 UTC 20 May 2012 04:03 Local
Exposed Population:	5932905 people within 100km
Inserted at:	20 May 2012 02:26 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
EMSC	0.9		0.9
	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

Northern Italy and the earthquake "Tourists are always welcome" 6/4/2012 12:52:00 PM.

The presidents of the Northern Adriatic regions address potential visitors: "Our coast are safe, and unaffected from the earthquake"

Aftershocks to persist after deadly Italian quakes experts say 6/4/2012 12:44:00 PM.

As the aftershocks continued after the 5.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Emilia Romagna on May 29, experts were making grim predictions there would be more in the future. A 5.1-magnitude ...

Earthquake in Italy kills 15 injures over 100 6/4/2012 8:28:00 AM.

CAVEZZO, Italy, May 29 (Xinhua) -- Fifteen people were killed and over 100 people were injured by a 5.8-magnitude quake that hit central Italy on Tuesday, Civil Protection Department confirmed. The ...

Fresh earthquake hits northern Italy 6/4/2012 5:54:00 AM.

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake on Sunday hit an area of northern Italy that has been struck by two devastating earthquakes since May 20.

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),

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