M 4.9 in Guatemala on 15 Aug 2015 13:09 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 1063130
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 66.53 Km
Lat/Lon: 14.0232 , -90.9205
Event Date: 15 Aug 2015 13:09 UTC
15 Aug 2015 07:09 Local
Exposed Population:
5712333 people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 Aug 2015 13:30 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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Vulcão próximo à usina nuclear no Japão registra pequena erupçãoWed, 19 Aug 2015 11:32:00 +0200.

Tóquio, 19 ago (EFE).- O monte Sakurajima, situado próximo a uma usina nuclear do Japão, registrou nesta quarta-feira uma pequena erupção após vários dias de alerta na região perante o aumento da atividade sísmica em torno do vulcão, que no
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Ein Deutscher strickt für japanische Tsunami-OpferWed, 19 Aug 2015 11:11:00 +0200.

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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),