Overall Green Earthquake alert in Romania on 22 Nov 2014 19:14 UTC

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M 5.6 in Romania on 22 Nov 2014 19:14 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 1043637
Earthquake Magnitude:	5.6M
Depth:	39 Km
Lat/Lon:	45.87 , 27.16
Event Date:	22 Nov 2014 19:14 UTC 22 Nov 2014 21:14 Local
Exposed Population:	3168718 people within 100km
Inserted at:	23 Nov 2014 08:03 UTC

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
EMSC	0.6		0.6
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=410003	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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Magnitude 5.7 quake hits eastern Romania 11/22/2014 11:53:00 PM.

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Strongest earthquake this year shakes Romania 11/22/2014 10:45:00 PM.

. An earthquake with the magnitude of 5.6 degrees on the Richter scale took place in the Vrancea seismic area in Romania on Saturday evening, shortly after 9:00 PM. The depth of the quake was 40 kilometres, which is why it was felt quite st

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