Overall Green Earthquake alert in China on 07 Oct 2014 13:49 UTC

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M 6 in China on 07 Oct 2014 13:49 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 1041027
Earthquake Magnitude:	6.0M
Depth:	10.13 Km
Lat/Lon:	23.41 , 100.52
Event Date:	07 Oct 2014 13:49 UTC 07 Oct 2014 21:49 Local
Exposed Population:	2430000 people within 100km
Inserted at:	07 Oct 2014 14:30 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.8		0.8
	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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Latest media headlines

China: Dam Reported Cracked, 120,000 Left Homeless in China Quake 10/9/2014 5:47:00 AM.

Source: Radio Free Asia Country: China Thousands of victims of a powerful earthquake in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan were left with no shelter on Wednesday after the previous night's tremor left one person dead and caused cra

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China earthquake leaves 300 injured, one dead 10/9/2014 3:17:00 AM.

BEIJING: A strong earthquake that hit southwest China´s mountainous Yunnan province has killed one person, and left more than 300 people injured as we

Timber buildings, high forest cover and low population levels kept Jin.. 10/9/2014 12:00:00 AM.

Quake-resistant timber buildings, well-preserved natural landscapes and low population density are key reasons for the low number of fatalities from Tuesday night's earthquake in Jinggu county, Yunnan province, according to local officials.

One killed, 300 injured in China quake: Media 10/8/2014 10:39:00 PM.

BEIJING: Thousands of rescuers were deployed in southwest China yesterday after a strong earthquake left one person dead and more than 300 injured, with over 100,000 displaced, state-run media reported. The shallow 6.0 magnitude tremor hit

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