M 4.7 in El Salvador on 27 Aug 2012 10:59 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: 4.7M
Depth: 20.6 Km
Lat/Lon: 12.1237 , -88.4905
Event Date: 27 Aug 2012 10:59 UTC
27 Aug 2012 04:59 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Source: NEIC usc000c86h
Inserted at: 27 Aug 2012 11:21 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usc000c86h Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
119068 0.5 27 Aug 2012 10:59 4.7M, 20.6km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:22 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 El Salvador , Department of Usulutan (population 458,999) .

Radius Population
100 km no people
75 km no people
50 km no people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Country Region Province Population
El Salvador Usulutan 460000 people
El Salvador San Miguel 510000 people
El Salvador La Union 370000 people
El Salvador San Vicente 230000 people
El Salvador La Paz 310000 people
Nicaragua Chinandega 360000 people
El Salvador La Libertad 490000 people
Nicaragua Leon 380000 people
El Salvador San Salvador 1.2 million people
Honduras Valle 140000 people
El Salvador Morazan 250000 people
Honduras Choluteca 360000 people
El Salvador Cuscatlan 230000 people
El Salvador Cabanas 210000 people
El Salvador Sonsonate 400000 people
Honduras Intibuca 150000 people
Honduras La Paz 130000 people
El Salvador Chalatenango 270000 people
Honduras Lempira 210000 people
El Salvador Santa Ana 520000 people
Nicaragua Managua 1.1 million people
Honduras Francisco Morazan 1000000 people

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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