Overall Green Earthquake alert in Italy on 24 Aug 2016 01:36 UTC

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M 6.2 in Italy on 24 Aug 2016 01:36 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 1092422
Earthquake Magnitude:	6.2M
Depth:	4 Km
Lat/Lon:	42.71 , 13.22
Event Date:	24 Aug 2016 01:36 UTC 24 Aug 2016 03:36 Local
Exposed Population:	2669578 people within 100km
Inserted at:	24 Aug 2016 03:33 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
EMSC	0.9		0.9
525580	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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Latest media headlines

Grieving Italy earthquake orphans make heartbreaking journey home with.. 8/28/2016 1:32:00 AM.

The traumatised children of a flew home. UK couple killed in the Italian earthquake Orphans Jack and Francesca Henniker-Gotley, 14 and 15, arrived back in Britain after parents Maria, 51, and William, 55, were crushed to death in their vill

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Death toll continues to rise after devastating earthquake in Italy 8/28/2016 1:26:00 AM.

. Sat, Aug 27: A state funeral is being held in Italy for some of the victims of this week’s devastating earthquake. Authorities say the death toll has risen yet again as bodies continue to be recovered. Aarti Pole reports.

In wake of Italy quake, how ready is Los Angeles? 8/28/2016 1:05:00 AM.

LOS ANGELES - The centuries-old villages are far from the Los Angeles skyline, both in distance and constructions style. But Cal Tech seismologist Lucy Jones warns the destruction from a shallow earthquake centered here would look very simi

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Many California buildings not ready for powerful earthquakes 8/28/2016 1:05:00 AM.

. August 27, 2016, 6:40 PM The centuries-old villages pulverized in the Italy earthquake are far from the Los Angeles skyline -- both in distance and construction style -- but seismologists warn the destruction from a shallow earthquake

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31/Aug/2016 05:00 UTC

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EMSR (1), EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (2), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),

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