Overall Green Earthquake in Near Coast Of Northern Chile on 28 Apr 2014 02:47 UTC

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M 4.6 in Near Coast Of Northern Chile on 28 Apr 2014 02:47 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 1030653
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.6M
Depth:	12.85 Km
Lat/Lon:	-20.5464 , -70.8564
Event Date:	28 Apr 2014 02:47 UTC 27 Apr 2014 21:47 Local
Exposed Population:	225059 people within 100km
Inserted at:	28 Apr 2014 03:29 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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