Overall Green Earthquake in United States from 01 Dec 2005 03:31 UTC to 03:30

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M 4.7 in United States from 01 Dec 2005 03:31 UTC to 03:30

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	EQ 15167
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.7M
Depth:	Km
Lat/Lon:	54.54 , -164.77
Event Date:	01 Dec 2005 03:30 UTC 30 Nov 2005 18:30 Local
Exposed Population:	about 300 people within 100km
Inserted at:	01 Dec 2005 16:13 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
EMSC	0.5		0.5
	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

India will not allow any changes to a nuclear deal with the United Sta.. 12/16/2005 5:35:48 AM.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told Parliament on Dec. 15 that he would permit no changes to a nuclear deal with the United States to ensure its passage by the U.S. Congress.

Predicting earthquakes still guesswork: experts (AFP via Yahoo! News) 12/16/2005 2:55:34 AM.

Earthquake prediction is still much like forecasting life span or investing in the stock market -- data is available, but it's largely guesswork, seismologists and experts say.

South Asia: Annan appoints former US President GHW Bush as envoy for q.. 12/15/2005 11:48:00 PM.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today appointed former United States President George Herbert Walker Bush as his Special Envoy for the South Asian Earthquake Disaster, representing the UN system in the national and international

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GHW Bush appointed as Envoy for Quake Recovery (Scoop.co.nz) 12/15/2005 10:32:29 PM.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today appointed former United States President George Herbert Walker Bush as his Special Envoy for the South Asian Earthquake Disaster, representing the UN system in the national and international

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (40), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),

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