Overall Green Earthquake alert in Guatemala on 12 Jan 2017 03:22 UTC

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M 5.3 in Guatemala on 12 Jan 2017 03:22 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude:	5.3M
Depth:	56.05 Km
Lat/Lon:	13.9381 , -91.1743
Event Date:	12 Jan 2017 03:22 UTC 11 Jan 2017 21:22 Local
Exposed Population:	3920000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10007srd
Inserted at:	12 Jan 2017 03:36 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	5.5 (Guatemala)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.6		0.6
us10007srd	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1153718		0.6	12 Jan 2017 03:22	5.3M, 56.05km	N/A	3.9 million (in 100km)		00:13	NEIC

The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.

The episode that has the last updated information.

* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Guatemala , Department of Escuintla (population 573,063) . The nearest places are Sipacate, San José Rama Blanca, Chontal, Chichimecas, Las Cuevas, Málaga, El Bebedero, La Gomera, El Naranjo, Tecojate, and Antigua.

Radius	Population
100 km	3.9 million people
75 km	1.1 million people
50 km	490000 people
20 km	48000 people
10 km	15000 people
5 km	8800 people
2 km	1900 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Escuintla	Guatemala	570000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Sipacate	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	3 km
San José Rama Blanca	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	6 km
Chontal	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	8 km
Chichimecas	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	14 km
Las Cuevas	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	14 km
Málaga	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	15 km
El Bebedero	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	16 km
La Gomera	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	24000 people	17 km
El Naranjo	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	17 km
Tecojate	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	19 km
Santa Ana Mixtán	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	21 km
Cantarrana	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	21 km
El Terrero	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	24 km
Cerro Colorado	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	25 km
Poza Verde	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	27 km
La Barrita	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	28 km
Las Playas	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	28 km
Barra Madre Vieja	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	29 km
Otacingo	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	30 km
El Pilar	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	31 km
Poza	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	31 km
Agüero	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	32 km
La Noria	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	33 km
Huitzitzil	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	34 km
Ceiba Amelia	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	35 km
Xayá	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	35 km
Corralitos	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	37 km
Los Pacheco	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	37 km
San José	Escuintla	Guatemala	City	19000 people	38 km
Obero	Escuintla	Guatemala	City	-	39 km
La Democracia	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	41 km
Bolivia	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	-	41 km
Nueva Venecia	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	-	42 km
Pueblo Nuevo Tiquisate	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	43 km
Masagua	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	9900 people	46 km
Siquinalá	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	47 km
Santa Lucia Cotz	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	47 km
Centroamérica	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	49 km
Tahuesco	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	-	50 km
Iztapa	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	4000 people	50 km
El Reventón	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	52 km
Río Bravo	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	7500 people	53 km
Bracitos	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	-	53 km
Patulul	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	14000 people	53 km
Santa Bárbara	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	-	55 km
Nimayá	Chimaltenango	Guatemala	Village	-	56 km
Zanjón de Agua	Suchitepequez	Guatemala	Village	-	56 km
El Castaño	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	57 km
Peña de Plata	Chimaltenango	Guatemala	Village	-	57 km
Escuintla	Escuintla	Guatemala	City	100000 people	58 km
El Zapote	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	59 km
La Cortina	Suchitepequez	Guatemala	Village	-	60 km
Brito	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	60 km
Finca Sangre de Cristo	Chimaltenango	Guatemala	Village	-	61 km
El Tulate	Retalhuleu	Guatemala	Village	-	61 km
Belén	Suchitepequez	Guatemala	Village	-	62 km
Papaturro	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	-	62 km
San José El Ídolo	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	-	62 km
Monte Llano	Suchitepequez	Guatemala	Village	-	63 km
Patut	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	-	63 km
San Francisco	Suchitepequez	Guatemala	Village	-	64 km
Guanagazapa	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	2800 people	65 km
Buena Vista	Chimaltenango	Guatemala	Village	-	66 km
La Máquina	Suchitepequez	Guatemala	Village	-	66 km
Yepocapa	Chimaltenango	Guatemala	Village	8900 people	67 km
La Candelaria	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	-	68 km
El Panal	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	-	68 km
La Verde	Retalhuleu	Guatemala	Village	-	68 km
La Aurora	Chimaltenango	Guatemala	Village	-	68 km
El Jobo	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	68 km
Pochuta	Chimaltenango	Guatemala	Village	3800 people	68 km
Chicacao	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	20000 people	69 km
La Periquera	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	70 km
Antigua	Sacatepéquez	Guatemala	Major city	21000 people	83 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
San Jose		9	Civ.	Paved	No	6500	37 km
El Naranjo	ENJ	unknown				0	41 km
Retalhuleu		200	Civ.	Paved	No	4900	85 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
San Jose	GTSJO	Guatemala	38 km
San Jose	GTSJO	Guatemala	38 km
Playa Grande		Guatemala	41 km
Puerto Quetzail	GTPRQ	Guatemala	43 km
Champerico	GTCHR	Guatemala	88 km

More information

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