Overall Green Earthquake alert in Papua New Guinea on 23 Apr 2013 23:14 UTC

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M 6.5 in Papua New Guinea on 23 Apr 2013 23:14 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 124280
Earthquake Magnitude:	6.5M
Depth:	16.3 Km
Lat/Lon:	-3.9108 , 152.127
Event Date:	23 Apr 2013 23:14 UTC 24 Apr 2013 09:14 Local
Exposed Population:	247533 people within 100km
Inserted at:	24 Apr 2013 00:28 UTC

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	Earthquake		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0.8		0.1		0.5
usb000gen8	Scaled population (vector)	n.a	Max wave scenario	0m
	C1 earthquake	n.a	Max wave realtime	0.1m
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

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