M 4.9 in Guatemala on 15 May 2015 22:21 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 1054960
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 67.21 Km
Lat/Lon: 14.1508 , -91.7893
Event Date: 15 May 2015 22:21 UTC
15 May 2015 16:21 Local
Exposed Population:
3215400 people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 May 2015 22:43 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.3 0.3
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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 265 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Ai margini dell’imperoTue, 19 May 2015 19:00:00 +0200.

Un venditore uiguro al sito archeologico di Melikawat a Hotan, nello Xinjiang. (Q. Sakamaki) Q. Sakamaki è abituato agli spostamenti. Cresciuto in Giappone, dove ha cambiato spesso casa e città a causa del lavoro di suo padre, si trasferis
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Réforme du collège : entre 30% et 50% d'enseignants en grèveTue, 19 May 2015 15:38:00 +0200.

Journée de baptême du feu pour Najat Vallaud-Belkacem. Le cortège parisien de la principale manifestation contre la réforme du collège s'est ébranlé ce mardi en début d'après-midi. Les manifestants défilent du jardin du Luxembourg jusqu'au
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En Salgar todavía hay muchos desaparecidos: sobrevivienteTue, 19 May 2015 15:32:00 +0200.

María Ofir Herrera, habitante de Salgar, Antioquia, contó en dialogo con 6am Caracol Radio cómo fue el drama de los habitantes de ese municipio cuando se presentó la avalancha que ya deja más de 63 fallecidos y 333 damnificados. “Eso no lo
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“Nos despertó un estruendo espantoso”: sobreviviente de Salgar, Antioq ... Tue, 19 May 2015 15:32:00 +0200.

La señora Ofir Herrera sigue aferrada a la esperanza de encontrar con vida a su nieta Salomé, de siete años. Caracol Radio Medellín | 19 de Mayo de 2015. Eran las tres de la mañana del lunes 18 de mayo. Un crujir de las paredes, y el sonid
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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 (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),