Overall Green Earthquake alert in Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge on 07 Apr 2016 16:13 UTC

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M 4.9 in Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge on 07 Apr 2016 16:13 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 1083910
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.9M
Depth:	14.81 Km
Lat/Lon:	32.3645 , -40.1659
Event Date:	07 Apr 2016 16:13 UTC 07 Apr 2016 13:13 Local
Exposed Population:	No people within 100km
Inserted at:	07 Apr 2016 17:24 UTC

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
	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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