M 5.5 in Honduras on 10 Apr 2013 19:14 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 123870
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 15.5366 , -87.228
Event Date: 10 Apr 2013 19:14 UTC
10 Apr 2013 13:14 Local
Exposed Population:
2410000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 10 Apr 2013 19:51 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usb000g4a2 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Japon: séisme de magnitude 5,2 à Fukushima, pas de dégâts dans les cen.. 4/14/2013 6:54:00 PM.

TOKYO (AFP) Un séisme de magnitude 5,2 a eu lieu dimanche soir sur la côte de la préfecture de Fukushima, mais aucune anomalie n'a été constatée dans la centrale nucléaire accidentée Fukushima Daiichi, a indiqué la compagnie exploitante Tok
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Erdbeben erschüttert Fukushima 4/14/2013 6:54:00 PM.

Erdebeben der Stärke 5,2. Tepco: Keine "Anomalie" in Atomanlage. Ein Erdbeben der Stärke 5,2 hat am Sonntag die japanische Präfektur Fukushima erschüttert. Das Erdbeben ereignete sich nach Angaben der japanischen Wetterbehörde um 22.25 Uhr
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Giappone, scossa 5.2 a Fukushima 4/14/2013 6:51:00 PM.

(ANSA) - TOKYO, 14 APR - Una scossa del 5.2 e' stata registrata in Giappone alle 22.25 locali, con epicentro a poche decine di km dalle coste della prefettura di Fukushima e con ipocentro a 50 km di profondita'. La Japan Meteorological Agen
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Erdbeben erschüttert japanische Präfektur Fukushima 4/14/2013 6:50:00 PM.

Ein Erdbeben der Stärke 5,2 hat die japanische Präfektur Fukushima erschüttert. Das Erdbeben ereignete sich nach Angaben der japanischen Wetterbehörde um 22.25 Uhr Ortszeit. Der Betreiber des Atomkraftwerks Fukushima, Tepco, erklärte, es ge
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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 (40), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),