Overall Green Earthquake alert in Mexico on 18 Apr 2014 14:27 UTC

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M 7.4 in Mexico on 18 Apr 2014 14:27 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 1030047
Earthquake Magnitude:	7.4M
Depth:	52 Km
Lat/Lon:	17.6 , -100.9
Event Date:	18 Apr 2014 14:27 UTC 18 Apr 2014 09:27 Local
Exposed Population:	560000 people within 100km
Inserted at:	18 Apr 2014 17:10 UTC

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	Earthquake		Tsunami		GDACS score
USGS	0		0.3		0.2
pt14108001	Scaled population (vector)	n.a	Max wave scenario	0m
	C1 earthquake	n.a	Max wave realtime	0.26m
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

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