Overall Green Earthquake in Near Coast Of Nicaragua on 13 Mar 2014 05:45 UTC

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M 4.6 in Near Coast Of Nicaragua on 13 Mar 2014 05:45 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 1027457
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.6M
Depth:	76.56 Km
Lat/Lon:	12.5894 , -87.7289
Event Date:	13 Mar 2014 05:45 UTC 12 Mar 2014 23:45 Local
Exposed Population:	1008111 people within 100km
Inserted at:	13 Mar 2014 06:18 UTC

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	-1		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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