Overall Green Earthquake alert in Russian Federation on 01 Mar 2013 12:53 UTC

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M 6.5 in Russian Federation on 01 Mar 2013 12:53 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 123018
Earthquake Magnitude:	6.5M
Depth:	40.9 Km
Lat/Lon:	50.9384 , 157.511
Event Date:	01 Mar 2013 12:53 UTC 01 Mar 2013 23:53 Local
Exposed Population:	About 839 people within 100km
Inserted at:	01 Mar 2013 13:14 UTC

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	Earthquake		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0		0.5
usc000fewp	Scaled population (vector)	n.a	Max wave scenario	0m
	C1 earthquake	n.a	Max wave realtime	0m
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

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