Overall Orange Earthquake alert in Nicaragua on 15 Jun 2013 17:34 UTC

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M 6.5 in Nicaragua on 15 Jun 2013 17:34 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 1000204
Earthquake Magnitude:	6.5M
Depth:	35.8 Km
Lat/Lon:	11.7246 , -86.9754
Event Date:	15 Jun 2013 17:34 UTC 15 Jun 2013 11:34 Local
Exposed Population:	1953637 people within 100km
Inserted at:	17 Jun 2013 13:52 UTC

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	1.2		1.2
	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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6.5 magnitude earthquake jolts Nicaragua, minor damage only 6/16/2013 8:13:00 AM.

MANAGUA: A 6.5-magnitude earthquake jolted several towns along Nicaragua s Pacific coast Saturday, rattling buildi

1 killed as 6.5 earthquake strikes off Nicaragua 6/16/2013 6:04:00 AM.

June 16, 2013 11:50 AMMANAGUA (AFP) - A 6.5-magnitude earthquake jolted several towns along Nicaragua's Pacific coast on Saturday, rattling buildings but causing only minor damage.

Strong earthquake reported off Nicaragua coast 6/15/2013 10:23:00 PM.

Nicaragua (Adrian Sampson from Bainbridge Island, WA, USA, This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic ...

Strong earthquake reported off Nicaragua coast 6/15/2013 9:35:00 PM.

. A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake was registered off the Pacific coast of Nicaragua around midday Saturday, the US Geological Service said. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries after the quake, which was felt at 11:34 am

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (40), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),

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