Overall Green Earthquake alert Off-shore on 28 Aug 2013 02:54 UTC

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M 6.1 Off-shore on 28 Aug 2013 02:54 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 1003774
Earthquake Magnitude:	6.1M
Depth:	488.6 Km
Lat/Lon:	-27.7953 , 179.6722
Event Date:	28 Aug 2013 02:54 UTC 28 Aug 2013 14:54 Local
Exposed Population:	No people within 100km
Inserted at:	28 Aug 2013 03:15 UTC

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
usb000jcfu	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

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Barbara McLean: Special nurse for critical care patients 8/30/2013 9:56:00 AM.

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