Overall Green Earthquake in Japan on 15 Dec 2013 03:35 UTC

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M 4.7 in Japan on 15 Dec 2013 03:35 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 1020286
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.7M
Depth:	43.76 Km
Lat/Lon:	36.355 , 141.8653
Event Date:	15 Dec 2013 03:35 UTC 15 Dec 2013 12:35 Local
Exposed Population:	No people within 100km
Inserted at:	15 Dec 2013 17:00 UTC

GDACS Score

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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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