M 5.5 in El Salvador on 13 Dec 2012 21:26 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.

Updated: this report is based on episode 1.

Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 13 Km
Lat/Lon: 13.14 , -90.0042
Event Date: 13 Dec 2012 21:26 UTC
13 Dec 2012 15:26 Local
Exposed Population:
1400000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC usc000e9kp
Inserted at: 13 Dec 2012 22:05 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usc000e9kp 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
121418 0.5 13 Dec 2012 21:26 5.5M, 43.1km N/A 1.7 million (in 100km) 00:17 NEIC
121420 0.5 13 Dec 2012 21:26 5.5M, 13km N/A 1.4 million (in 100km) 00:38 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 Sonsonate (population 402,117) .

Radius Population
100 km 1.5 million people
75 km 470000 people
50 km 4900 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 Sonsonate 400000 people
El Salvador Ahuachapan 300000 people
El Salvador La Libertad 490000 people
Guatemala Jutiapa 430000 people
Guatemala Santa Rosa 330000 people
El Salvador Santa Ana 520000 people
El Salvador San Salvador 1.2 million people
El Salvador La Paz 310000 people
Guatemala Escuintla 570000 people

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
Rio Sucio Highway Strip 491 98 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Acajutla SVAQJ El Salvador 51 km
La Libertad SVLLD El Salvador 83 km

More information

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