Overall Green Earthquake alert in Puerto Rico on 03 Jul 2020 20:49 UTC

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M 5.5 in Puerto Rico on 03 Jul 2020 20:49 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 1224994
Earthquake Magnitude:	5.5M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	17.8948 , -66.9631
Event Date:	03 Jul 2020 20:49 UTC 03 Jul 2020 16:49 Local
Exposed Population:	Less than 100 people in MMI VI 2080000 people within 100km
Inserted at:	03 Jul 2020 21:27 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000ahjq	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

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