Overall Green Earthquake alert in China on 04 Apr 2014 22:40 UTC

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M 5.4 in China on 04 Apr 2014 22:40 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 1028973
Earthquake Magnitude:	5.4M
Depth:	26.19 Km
Lat/Lon:	28.155 , 103.6407
Event Date:	04 Apr 2014 22:40 UTC 05 Apr 2014 06:40 Local
Exposed Population:	6312375 people within 100km
Inserted at:	04 Apr 2014 22:54 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0.5
	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

China: Terremoto de 5,3 grados causa al menos 25 heridos – Diario Corr.. 4/6/2014 4:19:00 PM.

Diario Correo China: Terremoto de 5,3 grados causa al menos 25 heridos Diario Correo Al menos 25 personas resultaron heridas, cinco de ellas de gravedad, por el terremoto de magnitud 5,3 grados Richter que sacudió este sábado el suroeste de

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China: Terremoto de 5,3 grados causa al menos 25 heridos 4/6/2014 4:02:00 PM.

Al menos 25 personas resultaron heridas, cinco de ellas de gravedad, por el terremoto de magnitud 5,3 grados Richter que sacudió este sábado el suroeste de China. El temblor, registrado a las 06:40 local en la provincia de Yunnan, cerca de

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Evacuan a más de 21 mil chinos por terremoto 4/6/2014 10:39:00 AM.

BEIJING, CHINA (06/ABR/2014).- Al menos 10 personas resultaron heridas, dos de ellas de gravedad, y más de 21 mil tuvieron que ser evacuadas a causa de un terremoto de 5.3 grados en la escala Richter que sacudió la provincia suroccidental c

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Al menos veintiun heridos a causa de un terremoto en China 4/6/2014 10:04:00 AM.

Al menos ventun personas resultaron heridas, dos de ellas de gravedad, a causa de un terremoto de magnitud 5,4 que sacudió China la noche del viernes, informó la agencia china Xinhua. Además, veinte mil personas tuvieron que ser evacuadas.

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