M 5 in Guatemala on 22 May 2016 14:51 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 1086785
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 85.13 Km
Lat/Lon: 13.7084 , -90.4314
Event Date: 22 May 2016 14:51 UTC
22 May 2016 08:51 Local
Exposed Population:
3860447 people within 100km
Inserted at: 22 May 2016 15:15 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -0.6 -0.6
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

Articles: 374 | About casualties: 8 | Last hour: 0

O minge uriaşă ţi-ar putea salva viaţa! Capsula de Supraviețuire rezis ... Thu, 26 May 2016 14:28:00 +0200.

Survival Capsule - Capsula de Supravieț uire este un sistem personal de siguranţă (PSS), conceput special pentru a rezista în fața unor calamități naturale. A fost creată de către o echipă de ingineri aerospaţiali. La baza construirii sale
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Kapsul "Ajaib" Ini Diklaim Mampu Selamatkan Manusia dari TsunamiThu, 26 May 2016 13:41:00 +0200.

KOMPAS.com Bencana bisa datang kapan saja dan tempat perlindungan yang aman merupakan tempat pertama yang akan kita cari. Permasalahan timbul ketika kita hanya bisa menemukan sedikit tempat aman untuk berlindung. Kini, sebuah penemuan baru
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Accurate tsunami warning made possible by new algorithm; Australian sc ... Thu, 26 May 2016 11:47:00 +0200.

Scientists at the Australian National University have developed the Time Reverse Imaging Method that take real-time data from ocean sensors and then use it to look like what the tsunami looked like when it was born. The new algorithm enable
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Ogni due minuti in Europa scompare un bambino: i dati da brividiThu, 26 May 2016 11:40:00 +0200.

(Di giovedì 26 maggio 2016) I numeri fanno paura. Scappano da casa, vengono rapiti o sottratti da un genitore. Altri, invece, fuggono da guerre, povertà e catastrofi naturali. Se non accompagnati, rischiano di scomparire vittime dello... B
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),