Overall Green Earthquake alert in Guatemala on 28 Aug 2014 08:27 UTC

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M 5.2 in Guatemala on 28 Aug 2014 08:27 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 1038808
Earthquake Magnitude:	5.2M
Depth:	66.28 Km
Lat/Lon:	14.25 , -91.81
Event Date:	28 Aug 2014 08:27 UTC 28 Aug 2014 02:27 Local
Exposed Population:	3672326 people within 100km
Inserted at:	28 Aug 2014 08:51 UTC

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0
	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

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Latest media headlines

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Los pobladores llevan dos años de estar abatidos por los movimientos telúricos. El 7 de noviembre del 2012, un terremoto de 7.2 dejó 48 muertos y no menos de 3 mil viviendas dañadas en esa localidad. Desde entonces, los temblores han pasado

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