Overall Green Earthquake alert in Mexico on 24 Jul 2016 15:20 UTC

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M 4.5 in Mexico on 24 Jul 2016 15:20 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 1090560
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.5M
Depth:	69.67 Km
Lat/Lon:	18.0638 , -97.2043
Event Date:	24 Jul 2016 15:20 UTC 24 Jul 2016 10:20 Local
Exposed Population:	2650606 people within 100km
Inserted at:	24 Jul 2016 18:57 UTC

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us20006h9q	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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Frank pierde fuerza y se debilitará a tormenta tropical 7/27/2016 10:35:00 PM.

Ciudad de México. El huracán Frank, categoría 1 en la escala Saffir–Simpson, perderá fuerza en la velocidad de sus vientos en el transcurso de este miércoles y se debilitará a tormenta tropical, pronosticó el Servicio Meteorológico Nacional

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De nombreuses bases militaires des Etats-Unis menacées par la hausse d.. 7/27/2016 8:23:00 PM.

Une grande partie des bases militaires aux Etats-Unis se trouvant le long de la côte Atlantique et dans le Golfe du Mexique sont sérieusement menacées dans les prochaines décennies par la montée des océans résultant du changement climatique

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De nombreuses bases militaires des Etats-Unis menacées par la hausse d.. 7/27/2016 8:11:00 PM.

Une grande partie des bases militaires aux Etats-Unis se trouvant le long de la côte Atlantique et dans le Golfe du Mexique sont sérieusement menacées dans les prochaines décennies par la montée des océans résultant du changement climatique

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09:41 Prevén que huracán 'Frank' se debilite en las... 7/27/2016 5:25:00 PM.

Prevén que huracán 'Frank' se debilite en las próximas horas El fenómeno se localiza a mil 005 kilómetros al oeste de Cabo San Lucas, en Baja California Sur, reporta vientos sostenidos de hasta 155 kilómetros por hora 27/07/2016 09:39 REDAC

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),

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