M 7.3 in Nicaragua on 14 Oct 2014 03:51 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1041389
Earthquake Magnitude: 7.3M
Depth: 40 Km
Lat/Lon: 12.58 , -88.05
Event Date: 14 Oct 2014 03:51 UTC
13 Oct 2014 21:51 Local
Exposed Population: 1060000 people in MMI
960000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 Oct 2014 04:45 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 1.5 0.1 1.5
Scaled population (vector) n.a Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake n.a Max wave realtime 0.15m  
  C2 earthquake n.a      
  Country Vulnerability n.a      
  INFORM_normalised n.a      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Latest media headlines

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Mexico shaken by 5.4-magnitude quake: USGSSun, 05 Oct 2014 11:32:00 +0200.

A 5.4-magnitude earthquake rattled southeastern Mexico on Saturday, but no damage or injuries were immediately reported.

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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 (88), (5), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),