Overall Green Earthquake in Guatemala on 09 Apr 2014 23:55 UTC

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M 4.9 in Guatemala on 09 Apr 2014 23:55 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 1029356
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.9M
Depth:	173.61 Km
Lat/Lon:	14.3449 , -90.4027
Event Date:	09 Apr 2014 23:55 UTC 09 Apr 2014 17:55 Local
Exposed Population:	6949959 people within 100km
Inserted at:	10 Apr 2014 00:10 UTC

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	-0.7		-0.7
	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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