M 5.6 in Guatemala on 12 May 2021 06:17 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 1268429
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 51.25 Km
Lat/Lon: 13.3348 , -90.3412
Event Date: 12 May 2021 06:17 UTC
12 May 2021 00:17 Local
Exposed Population: 1160000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 May 2021 06:37 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
us7000e2bd Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.05  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 6 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

M5.9 earthquake hits near the coast of Guatemala and El SalvadorWed, 12 May 2021 12:24:00 +0200.

The epicenter was located 50 km (31 miles) SW of Acajutla, 68 km (42 miles) SW of Sonsonate, and 70 km (43 miles) SW of Sonzacate, El Salvador. There are about 1 500 000 people living within 100 km (62 miles). 4 447 000 people are estimated
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Guatemala, El Salvador: Magnitude-5.6 offshore earthquake occurs off t ... Wed, 12 May 2021 09:39:00 +0200.

Event. A magnitude-5.6 earthquake occurred near the coast of Guatemala and El Salvador at 01:17 May 12. The epicenter was about 62 km (39 miles) west-southwest of Acajutla, El Salvador. The tremor occurred at a depth of approximately 51 km
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Moderate mag. 4.7 earthquake - OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR, Guatemala, on Wed ... Wed, 12 May 2021 09:08:00 +0200.

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake near Sonsonate, Departamento de Sonsonate, El Salvador, was reported 32 minutes ago by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), considered one of the key international agencies that monitor seismic
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Global Earthquake Report for Friday, April 30, 2021 / VolcanoDiscoveryFri, 30 Apr 2021 11:08:00 +0200.

Summary: 9 earthquakes 5.0+, 30 earthquakes 4.0+, 114 earthquakes 3.0+, 231 earthquakes 2.0+ (384 total) This report is updated hourly. Grade 5 +: 9 earthquakes, 4+: 30 earthquakes, 3+: 114 earthquakes, grade 2 +: 231 earthquakes No earthqu
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),