Overall Orange Earthquake alert in Cuba on 28 Jan 2020 19:10 UTC

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M 7.7 Earthquake and Tsunami (1.6 m) in Cuba on 28 Jan 2020 19:10 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	EQ 1203961
Earthquake Magnitude:	7.7M
Glide number:	EQ-2020-000131-CUB
Depth:	14.8 Km
Lat/Lon:	19.421 , -78.7627
Event Date:	28 Jan 2020 19:10 UTC 28 Jan 2020 14:10 Local
Exposed Population:	Less than 100 people in MMI VII No people within 100km
Inserted at:	31 Jan 2020 20:07 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	1.1 (Cuba)
Maximum Wave Height observed:	0.11 m

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0		1.2		1.2
us60007idc	Scaled population (raster)	0.08	Max wave alert	1.58m
	C1 shakemap	-0.59	Max wave realtime	1.58m
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (91), (5), NEIC (5), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),

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