Overall Green Earthquake alert in China on 15 May 2016 16:59 UTC

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M 4.5 in China on 15 May 2016 16:59 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 1086351
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.5M
Depth:	53.78 Km
Lat/Lon:	39.7941 , 75.3404
Event Date:	15 May 2016 16:59 UTC 16 May 2016 00:59 Local
Exposed Population:	1959096 people within 100km
Inserted at:	15 May 2016 18:24 UTC

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
	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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Articles: 395 | About casualties: 9 | Last hour: 0

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Hallan evidencias de tsunamis gigantes causados por meteoritos en Mart ... Thu, 19 May 2016 16:35:00 +0200.

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VIDÉO. Des tsunamis de près de 120 mètres auraient deferlé sur MarsThu, 19 May 2016 16:28:00 +0200.

SCIENCES - Il y a 3,4 milliards d'années, la planète Mars aurait subit des méga-tsunamis, selon une étude publiée jeudi dans Nature Scientific Reports, "une preuve de l'existence d'un océan primitif" sur la planète rouge selon les chercheur

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Mega-tsunamis on Mars: Meteorite strikes caused 120m waves to inundate ... Thu, 19 May 2016 16:21:00 +0200.

Two meta-tsunamis with waves up to 120m in height inundated Mars' northern planes billions of years ago, researchers have discovered. The tsunamis are believed to have been generated by meteorites impacting the planet's then vast ocean, cre

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