Overall Green Earthquake in Mauritius on 26 Jul 2012 05:33 UTC

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M 6.7 in Mauritius on 26 Jul 2012 05:33 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 118327
Earthquake Magnitude:	6.7M
Depth:	9.8 Km
Lat/Lon:	-17.593 , 66.363
Event Date:	26 Jul 2012 05:33 UTC 26 Jul 2012 09:33 Local
Exposed Population:	No people within 100km
Inserted at:	26 Jul 2012 07:25 UTC

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	Earthquake		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0.2		0.5
usb000bgdg	Scaled population (vector)	n.a	Max wave scenario	0m
	C1 earthquake	n.a	Max wave realtime	0.18m
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

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