Overall Green Earthquake in Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge on 18 Sep 2022 00:26 UTC

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M 4.9 in Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge on 18 Sep 2022 00:26 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 1338171
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.9M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	-20.5606 , -11.7298
Event Date:	18 Sep 2022 00:26 UTC 17 Sep 2022 23:26 Local
Exposed Population:
Inserted at:	18 Sep 2022 00:43 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	1.1 ()

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000i8xw	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 rapid impact	0
	C2 rapid impact	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

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