M 5 in Nicaragua on 30 Jan 2021 05:35 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 1253737
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 68.47 Km
Lat/Lon: 12.7207 , -88.0212
Event Date: 30 Jan 2021 05:35 UTC
29 Jan 2021 23:35 Local
Exposed Population:
1150000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 30 Jan 2021 05:57 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
5.3 (Nicaragua)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Nicaragua= 5.3; Honduras= 5.2; El Salvador= 4.6

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000dd68 Scaled population (vector) 5.31  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability -1  
  INFORM_normalised 1.02  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 7 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Moderate 4.2 quake hits near Managua, Departamento de Managua, Nicarag ... Wed, 03 Feb 2021 01:50:00 +0100.

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake near Managua, Departamento de Managua, Nicaragua, was reported only 9 minutes ago by the Nicaraguan Institute of Territorial Studies (INETER), considered the main national agency that monitors seismic activity in
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El Salvador: Magnitude-5.0 offshore earthquake near El Salvador at aro ... Sat, 30 Jan 2021 10:32:00 +0100.

Event. A magnitude-5.0 offshore earthquake occurred near El Salvador at around 2335 Jan. 29. The epicenter was around 53 km (33 miles) south of Intipuca. The tremor occurred at a depth of about 68 km (42 miles), and weak-to-light shaking wa
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Global Earthquake Report for Saturday, January 30, 2021 / VolcanoDisco ... Sat, 30 Jan 2021 09:01:00 +0100.

Summary: 6 earthquakes 5.0+, 39 earthquakes 4.0+, 90 earthquakes 3.0+, 214 earthquakes 2.0+ (349 total) This report is updated hourly. Grade 5 +: 6 earthquakes, 4+: 39 earthquakes, 3+: 90 earthquakes, grade 2 +: 214 earthquakes No earthquak
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Light magnitude 4.4 earthquake 10 km east of Leon, NicaraguaSun, 17 Jan 2021 07:50:00 +0100.

4.4 quake 9.6 km east of Leon, Nicaragua, 17 Jan 2021 12:01 am (GMT -6) A intermediate to deep magnitude 4.4 earthquake was reported after midnight near Leon, Departamento de Leon, Nicaragua. According to the European-Mediterranean Seismolo
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),