Overall Green Earthquake alert in Off E. Coast Of N. Island, N.Z. on 16 Feb 2013 05:16 UTC

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M 5.7 in Off E. Coast Of N. Island, N.Z. on 16 Feb 2013 05:16 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 122736
Earthquake Magnitude:	5.7M
Depth:	190.3 Km
Lat/Lon:	-36.0819 , 177.929
Event Date:	16 Feb 2013 05:16 UTC 16 Feb 2013 17:16 Local
Exposed Population:	No people within 100km
Inserted at:	16 Feb 2013 07:42 UTC

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0.5
usc000f8cd	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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