Overall Green Earthquake alert in Guatemala on 19 Dec 2019 12:35 UTC

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M 5.9 in Guatemala on 19 Dec 2019 12:35 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:	5.9M
Depth:	31.22 Km
Lat/Lon:	13.6896 , -91.3137
Event Date:	19 Dec 2019 12:35 UTC 19 Dec 2019 06:35 Local
Exposed Population:	Less then 100 people in MMI V 1260000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us70006ng5
Inserted at:	20 Dec 2019 12:38 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	5.5 (Guatemala)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us70006ng5	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1.05

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1286374		0	19 Dec 2019 12:35	5.9M, 31.22km	4.51	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		1d 00:03	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 ,of Escuintla (population 31,982) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	<1000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1286374	13.69/-91.314	5.9	31.2	4.636	19 Dec 2019 12:53	00:18	(new episode)
2	1286374	13.69/-91.314	5.9	31.2	4.63	19 Dec 2019 13:07	00:32	(upd of #1)
3	1286374	13.69/-91.314	5.9	31.2	4.468	19 Dec 2019 14:38	02:02	(upd of #2)
4	1286374	13.69/-91.314	5.9	31.2	4.508	20 Dec 2019 12:38	1d 00:03	(upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Escuintla	Guatemala	590000 people
Suchitepequez	Guatemala	260000 people
Retalhuleu	Guatemala	100000 people
Santa Rosa	Guatemala	10000 people
Chimaltenango	Guatemala	3500 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Tecojate	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	31 km
Sipacate	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	32 km
Chontal	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	36 km
Barra Madre Vieja	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	37 km
Nueva Venecia	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	-	47 km
La Gomera	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	24000 people	47 km
La Barrita	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	50 km
Poza Verde	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	54 km
Cerro Colorado	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	55 km
Poza	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	55 km
Tahuesco	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	-	56 km
Bolivia	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	-	56 km
Las Playas	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	59 km
San José	Escuintla	Guatemala	City	19000 people	59 km
Obero	Escuintla	Guatemala	City	-	65 km
Ceiba Amelia	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	66 km
Pueblo Nuevo Tiquisate	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	66 km
Bracitos	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	-	66 km
Iztapa	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	4000 people	70 km
La Democracia	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	72 km
Masagua	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	9900 people	76 km
Río Bravo	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	7500 people	78 km
Santa Lucia Cotz	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	78 km
Siquinalá	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	78 km
Papaturro	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	-	81 km
Patut	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	-	82 km
Patulul	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	14000 people	82 km
Santa Bárbara	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	-	83 km
Brito	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	87 km
Nueva Candalaria	Retalhuleu	Guatemala	Village	-	88 km
Escuintla	Escuintla	Guatemala	City	100000 people	88 km
San Lorenzo	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	2100 people	91 km
Puerta Privada	Retalhuleu	Guatemala	Village	-	92 km
El Pumpo	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	-	92 km
Champerico	Retalhuleu	Guatemala	City	7700 people	93 km
Boxomá	Retalhuleu	Guatemala	Village	-	94 km
La Avellana	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	-	95 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	58 km
El Naranjo	ENJ	unknown				0	69 km
Retalhuleu		200	Civ.	Paved	No	4900	101 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Playa Grande		Guatemala	50 km
San Jose	GTSJO	Guatemala	58 km
San Jose	GTSJO	Guatemala	58 km
Puerto Quetzail	GTPRQ	Guatemala	63 km
Champerico	GTCHR	Guatemala	92 km

More information

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