Overall Green Earthquake alert in Guatemala on 15 Apr 2016 14:11 UTC

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M 6.1 in Guatemala on 15 Apr 2016 14:11 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:	6.1M
Depth:	25 Km
Lat/Lon:	13.4179 , -92.2798
Event Date:	15 Apr 2016 14:11 UTC 15 Apr 2016 08:11 Local
Exposed Population:	No people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	15 Apr 2016 16:30 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
	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.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1125364		0	15 Apr 2016 14:11	6.2M, 48.38km	N/A	40 thousand (in 100km)		00:18	NEIC
1125373		0	15 Apr 2016 14:11	6.1M, 25km	4.21	No people affected (in 100km)		02:18	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 Retalhuleu (population 75,581) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	no people
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1125373	13.418/-92.28	6.1	25	4.21	17 Oct 2016 11:13	184d 21:01	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Retalhuleu	Guatemala	76000 people
Suchitepequez	Guatemala	34000 people
Escuintla	Guatemala	70000 people
San Marcos	Guatemala	37000 people
Chiapas	Mexico	21000 people
Quezaltenango	Guatemala	5000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Champerico	Retalhuleu	Guatemala	City	7700 people	104 km
Tahuesco	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	-	106 km
Nueva Venecia	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	-	107 km
Barra Madre Vieja	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	113 km
Bracitos	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	-	120 km
Jesús la Bomba	Retalhuleu	Guatemala	Village	-	120 km
Nueva Candalaria	Retalhuleu	Guatemala	Village	-	121 km
Bolivia	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	-	121 km
La Blanca	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	129 km
Limones	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	130 km
Chontal	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	132 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Champerico	GTCHR	Guatemala	104 km
	Playa Grande		Guatemala	112 km

More information

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