Overall Green Earthquake alert in Mariana Islands Region on 18 Dec 2013 21:09 UTC

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M 4.7 in Mariana Islands Region on 18 Dec 2013 21:09 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 1020632
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.7M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	20.82 , 146.7806
Event Date:	18 Dec 2013 21:09 UTC 19 Dec 2013 07:09 Local
Exposed Population:	No people within 100km
Inserted at:	18 Dec 2013 23:18 UTC

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
	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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