Overall Green Earthquake in Guadeloupe on 15 Feb 2022 08:03 UTC

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M 5.2 in Guadeloupe on 15 Feb 2022 08:03 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 1310163
Earthquake Magnitude:	5.2M
Depth:	47.49 Km
Lat/Lon:	16.7851 , -61.3271
Event Date:	15 Feb 2022 08:03 UTC 15 Feb 2022 04:03 Local
Exposed Population:	490 thousand in 100km
Inserted at:	15 Feb 2022 08:22 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	3.6 (Antigua & Barbuda)

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000gl0d	Scaled population (vector)	5.41
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.82

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