M 5.9 in El Salvador on 08 Jul 2013 02:52 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1000411
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 96.6 Km
Lat/Lon: 13.3618 , -89.0791
Event Date: 08 Jul 2013 02:52 UTC
07 Jul 2013 20:52 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 Jul 2013 05:11 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC n.a n.a
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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 132 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

Sismo de 5,8 grados causa alarma en El Salvador sin causar víctimasMon, 08 Jul 2013 07:10:00 +0200.

San Salvador, 7 jul (EFE).- Un terremoto de 5,8 grados de magnitud en la escala abierta de Richter sacudió hoy las costas del océano Pacífico de El Salvador y generó alarma en varios sectores del país sin que de momento se registren víctima
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Earthquake strikes El Salvador, no damage reportedMon, 08 Jul 2013 07:01:00 +0200.

SAN SALVADOR - A strong earthquake struck the Pacific coast of El Salvador on Sunday evening, shaking buildings in San Salvador, and sending residents running out into the street. There were no immediate reports of damage from the 5.9 magni
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Tonga: Computer modelling to aid Tonga's disaster responseMon, 08 Jul 2013 06:41:00 +0200.

Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation Country: Tonga Listen Tonga's disaster response will be boosted by a new computer system developed by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community. The SPC has developed a computer model that will hel
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Earthquake strikes El Salvador, no damage reportedMon, 08 Jul 2013 06:31:00 +0200.

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - A strong earthquake struck the Pacific coast of El Salvador on Sunday evening, shaking buildings in San Salvador, and sending residents running out into the street.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (40), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),