Overall Green Earthquake alert in China on 20 Apr 2013 10:59 UTC

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M 4.5 in China on 20 Apr 2013 10:59 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 124217
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.5M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	30.4165 , 103.17
Event Date:	20 Apr 2013 10:59 UTC 20 Apr 2013 18:59 Local
Exposed Population:	13530000 people within 100km
Inserted at:	20 Apr 2013 11:34 UTC

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0.5
usb000gcki	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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Latest media headlines

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Quake jolts China's Sichuan, killing 156 4/24/2013 10:32:00 AM.

A powerful earthquake struck the steep hills of China's southwestern Sichuan province on Saturday, leaving at least 156 people dead and more than 5,500 injured, nearly five years after a devastating quake wreaked widespread damage across th

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China rushes relief after Sichuan quake kills 186 4/24/2013 10:32:00 AM.

Luo Shiqiang sat near chunks of concrete, bricks and a ripped orange sofa and told how his grandfather was just returning from feeding chickens when their house collapsed and crushed him to death in this weekend's powerful earthquake in sou

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South Korean minister praises Canadians for not being intimidated by w.. 4/24/2013 10:19:00 AM.

GAPYEONG-GUN, South Korea - South Korea's minister of patriots and veterans affairs thanked old Canadian soldiers and government officials today for not being intimated by threats of war coming from Pyongyang.

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