M 4.8 in El Salvador on 06 Sep 2012 23:30 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: 4.8M
Depth: 67.1 Km
Lat/Lon: 12.3721 , -88.343
Event Date: 06 Sep 2012 23:30 UTC
06 Sep 2012 17:30 Local
Exposed Population:
About 50000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC usc000chk6
Inserted at: 06 Sep 2012 23:54 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usc000chk6 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
119407 0.5 06 Sep 2012 23:30 4.8M, 67.1km N/A 50 thousand (in 100km) 00:24 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 16000 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
Nicaragua Chinandega 360000 people
El Salvador La Union 370000 people

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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