Overall Green Earthquake in Oman on 06 May 2019 15:04 UTC

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M 4.7 in Oman on 06 May 2019 15:04 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 1178739
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.7M
Depth:	11.34 Km
Lat/Lon:	14.7849 , 55.4895
Event Date:	06 May 2019 15:04 UTC 06 May 2019 19:04 Local
Exposed Population:	No people within 100km
Inserted at:	07 May 2019 14:22 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	1.1 (Oman)

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us70003hf2	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

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No tsunami risk in the Sultanate: PACA 5/6/2019 6:11:00 PM.

Muscat : The Sultanate will remain unaffected by tsunami waves following an earthquake in the Arabian Sea, the Public Authority for Civil Aviation (PACA) announced on Monday. In a statement, Oman's meteorology department said: "No potential

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Oman under no threat 4/30/2019 5:34:00 PM.

The Sultanate will not be affected by the tsunami, following an earthquake in the Indian Ocean. This was revealed by the Public Authority for Civil Aviation on Monday. “No potential tsunami due to an earthquake in Carlsberg Ridge at 18:19 M

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Authority rules out tsunami in Oman 4/29/2019 9:33:00 PM.

Muscat: The Sultanate will not be affected by the tsunami, following an earthquake in the Indian Ocean, the Public Authority for Civil Aviation (PACA) informed on Monday. In a statement issued online, Oman’s Meteorology authority said: “No

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