Overall Green Earthquake alert in Taiwan on 21 Apr 2024 16:35 UTC

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M 4.7 in Taiwan on 21 Apr 2024 16:35 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 1425189
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.7M
Depth:	32.3 Km
Lat/Lon:	24.1639 , 121.666
Event Date:	21 Apr 2024 16:35 UTC 22 Apr 2024 00:35 Local
Exposed Population:	250 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at:	21 Apr 2024 17:07 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	3.6 (Taiwan)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000mdp6	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 rapid impact	0
	C2 rapid impact	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

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