M 5.6 in Guatemala on 18 Jun 2018 02:32 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 1146413
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 99.65 Km
Lat/Lon: 14.178 , -90.6701
Event Date: 18 Jun 2018 02:32 UTC
17 Jun 2018 20:32 Local
Exposed Population: 130000 people in MMI
7360000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Jun 2018 02:47 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
5.5 (Guatemala)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Guatemala= 5.5; El Salvador= 4.6

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000eu39 Scaled population (vector) 0.48  
  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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 129 | About casualties: 17 | Last hour: 0

Tiembla en Japón; reportan 3 muertosTue, 19 Jun 2018 04:47:00 +0200.

Tokio. Tres muertos por sismo de magnitud 6.1 en el oeste de Japón. Al menos tres personas murieron el lunes por un fuerte terremoto que derribó muros y desató algunos incendios en la ciudad japonesa de Osaka. Una niña de 9 años y dos hombr
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Guatemala: Guatemala - Fuego Volcano Eruption and Earthquake 5.6 M | E ... Mon, 18 Jun 2018 22:40:00 +0200.

Guatemala - Fuego Volcano Eruption and Earthquake 5.6 M | Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC) – DG ECHO Daily Map | 18/06/2018. Informing humanitarians worldwide. A service provided by ReliefWeb has been the leading online source
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¿Cuántos son los muertos del Volcán, cuántos?Mon, 18 Jun 2018 17:48:00 +0200.

| Guatemala.- Ninguna autoridad en Guatemala parece interesada en hacer, con precisión y rigor, un conteo final de las víctimas del Volcán de Fuego. Tal vez les parezca a los gobernantes que la cifra real podría interpretarse como un reflej
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Guatemala earthquake mapped: Where did the earthquake hit? Could there ... Mon, 18 Jun 2018 16:50:00 +0200.

Following on from the devastating eruption that covered Guatemala in volcanic mud, ash and lava, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck on Sunday, June 17 according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). On June 17 at 10.32pm local time
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),