M 5.1 in Nicaragua on 14 Apr 2014 05:07 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 1029700
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 14.81 Km
Lat/Lon: 12.1764 , -86.2965
Event Date: 14 Apr 2014 05:07 UTC
13 Apr 2014 23:07 Local
Exposed Population:
3250905 people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 Apr 2014 05:27 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.4 0.4
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

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Condolences to Nicaraguan PresidentWed, 16 Apr 2014 12:45:00 +0200.

Pyongyang, April 15 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, on Monday sent a message of sympathy to Daniel Ortega Saavedra, president of Nicaragua, as regards an earthquake that hit N
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Pyongyang, 15 de abril (ACNC) -- El presidente del Presidium de la Asamblea Popular Suprema de la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea, Kim Yong Nam, envio el dia 14 un mensaje de condolencias al presidente de la Republica de Nicaragua, D
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),