Overall Green Earthquake in Canada on 01 Apr 2014 05:05 UTC

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M 4.7 in Canada on 01 Apr 2014 05:05 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 1028691
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.7M
Depth:	6.08 Km
Lat/Lon:	49.2123 , -129.2493
Event Date:	01 Apr 2014 05:05 UTC 31 Mar 2014 20:05 Local
Exposed Population:	No people within 100km
Inserted at:	01 Apr 2014 07:27 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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Autoridades chilenas cancelan alerta de tsunami en todo el territorio 4/2/2014 7:37:00 PM.

La Oficina Nacional de Emergencias (Onemi) de Chile canceló la alerta de tsunami que mantenía atentos a seis localidades del norte del país tras el terremoto de magnitud 8.2 que impactó la noche del martes al territorio. Así lo informó el m

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Hospitales del norte de Chile en funcionamiento a pesar de daños 4/2/2014 7:37:00 PM.

El jefe de la Oficina Nacional de Emergencia (Onemi) de Chile, Ricardo Toro, informó en horas del medio día que el Hospital de Arica se encuentra operativo tras el sismo y alerta de tsunami que levantado hace pocas horas. Aunque el centro d

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Video: The science behind why Chile escaped a post-quake monster tsuna.. 4/2/2014 7:37:00 PM.

The Globe and Mail's Affan Chowdhry explains why Chile was spared a hit from a powerful tsunami

Chile copper mines weather quake; some ports shut 4/2/2014 7:37:00 PM.

Copper prices rose to their highest in more than three weeks on Wednesday on concerns that supplies could be affected following the 8.2 magnitude quake. Chile supplies one-third of the world’s red metal. But none of the quake-proofed mines

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