Overall Green Earthquake alert in Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of on 21 May 2016 16:41 UTC

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M 4.6 in Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of on 21 May 2016 16:41 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 1086706
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.6M
Depth:	10.9 Km
Lat/Lon:	41.2407 , 21.0453
Event Date:	21 May 2016 16:41 UTC 21 May 2016 18:41 Local
Exposed Population:	2786140 people within 100km
Inserted at:	21 May 2016 18:57 UTC

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NOAIG	0		0
29F02905	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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