M 4.8 in Guatemala on 30 Jul 2016 13:53 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 1090959
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 67.32 Km
Lat/Lon: 14.278 , -91.5541
Event Date: 30 Jul 2016 13:53 UTC
30 Jul 2016 07:53 Local
Exposed Population:
4860293 people within 100km
Inserted at: 30 Jul 2016 14:24 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us100068rx Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 458 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

Tropical Storm Earl to become hurricane, hit Belize, Honduras in 24 ho ... Wed, 03 Aug 2016 13:42:00 +0200.

Tropical Storm Earl continues on its westward path Wednesday morning (Aug. 3), and is expected to become a hurricane before making landfall in the next 24 hours, according to the latest update from the National Hurricane Center. Its center
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Sigue tomando fuerza la tormenta tropical EarlWed, 03 Aug 2016 13:41:00 +0200.

La tormenta tropical Earl que se formó hoy sobre el noroeste del Caribe siguió fortaleciéndose en las últimas horas en su ruta hacia la costa norte de Honduras, informó el Centro Nacional de Huracanes (CNH). El sistema ya causó al menos nue
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Tropical storm forms in CaribbeanWed, 03 Aug 2016 13:38:00 +0200.

Tropical Storm Earl has formed in the Caribbean and is headed toward Mexico and parts of Central America, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said Tuesday. A tropical storm warning/hurricane watch is in effect from Punta Allen, Mexico,
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Hurricane Warnings Issued for EarlWed, 03 Aug 2016 13:37:00 +0200.

Story Highlights. Tropical Storm Earl is slowly gaining strength. Heavy rain and gusty winds are expected in Honduras. Landfall is possible as a hurricane early Thursday in Belize. The threat of flash flooding will spread into southern Mexi
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),