Overall Orange Earthquake alert in Myanmar on 04 Apr 2013 15:16 UTC

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M 5.7 in Myanmar on 04 Apr 2013 15:16 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	EQ 123627
Earthquake Magnitude:	5.7M
Depth:	3.5 Km
Lat/Lon:	19.292 , 95.7254
Event Date:	04 Apr 2013 15:16 UTC 04 Apr 2013 21:46 Local
Exposed Population:	3670768 people within 100km
Inserted at:	04 Apr 2013 15:37 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	1.7		1.7
usb000fzn7	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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