Overall Green Earthquake in Mexico on 01 Jul 2012 06:36 UTC

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M 4.7 in Mexico on 01 Jul 2012 06:36 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 117855
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.7M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	32.2132 , -115.289
Event Date:	01 Jul 2012 06:36 UTC 30 Jun 2012 23:36 Local
Exposed Population:	1350000 people within 100km
Inserted at:	01 Jul 2012 07:34 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0.5
ci11129914	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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