Overall Green Earthquake in Taiwan on 25 Feb 2024 13:48 UTC

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M 4.9 in Taiwan on 25 Feb 2024 13:48 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 1416934
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.9M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	24.7931 , 122.0647
Event Date:	25 Feb 2024 13:48 UTC 25 Feb 2024 21:48 Local
Exposed Population:	820 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at:	25 Feb 2024 14:32 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	3.6 (Taiwan)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000m1i1	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 rapid impact	0
	C2 rapid impact	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

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