Overall Green Earthquake alert in United States on 24 Aug 2014 10:20 UTC

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M 6.1 in United States on 24 Aug 2014 10:20 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 1038537
Earthquake Magnitude:	6.1M
Depth:	10.75 Km
Lat/Lon:	38.21 , -122.32
Event Date:	24 Aug 2014 10:20 UTC 24 Aug 2014 03:20 Local
Exposed Population:	7688843 people within 100km
Inserted at:	24 Aug 2014 11:15 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.9		0.9
	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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Ross Stores Donates to American Red Cross Napa Chapter to Support Eart.. 8/27/2014 10:19:00 PM.

DUBLIN, Calif., Aug. 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Ross Stores, Inc. (Nasdaq: ROST) announced today that it is making a $25,000 cash donation to the American Red Cross Napa Chapter. This donation will help the Red Cross provide services such as

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PG&E Provides A Back-To-School Safety Lesson 8/27/2014 6:46:00 PM.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- As children in the affected region go back to school in the aftermath of the Napa County earthquake, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) would like to take this opportunity to remind Northern

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PG&E Provides A Back-To-School Safety Lesson 8/27/2014 6:39:00 PM.

HEADLINE2"Safe Kids" Program Helps Prevent Serious Injuries Inside and Outside the Home SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- As children in the affected region go back to school in the aftermath of the Napa County earthquake, Pacif

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Bangladesh: Fifth Annual Disaster Relief Exercise Closes in Bangladesh 8/27/2014 7:50:00 AM.

Source: Government of the United States of America Country: Bangladesh By Ms. Angela Kershner USARPAC DHAKA, Bangladesh, August 26, 2014 — The fifth annual Pacific Resilience Disaster Relief Exercise and Exchange (PR DREE) drew to an end du

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