M 4.6 in Guatemala on 21 Oct 2016 19:51 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 1096173
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 97.79 Km
Lat/Lon: 14.3887 , -91.3924
Event Date: 21 Oct 2016 19:51 UTC
21 Oct 2016 13:51 Local
Exposed Population:
7361262 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Oct 2016 22:06 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC n.a n.a
us20007fzp 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: 414 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

Fukushima - Abriss des Atomkraftwerks wird deutlich teurerTue, 25 Oct 2016 19:25:00 +0200.

Der Rückbau des zerstörten Atomkraftwerks im japanischen Fukushima wird deutlich teurer als gedacht. Das Industrieministerium in Tokio teilte mit, der Abriss der Anlage und die Entsorgung des radioaktiv verseuchten Wassers werde wesentlich
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Las personas mayores de 65 años que sufren una catástrofe tienen mayor ... Tue, 25 Oct 2016 19:09:00 +0200.

Los mayores de 65 años que sobreviven a un desastre natural se enfrentan a la ausencia de cuidados médicos, a la pérdida de familiares, amigos y hogares y al aislamiento social, lo que repercute en su salud mental, según ha mostrado un estu
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Storm alertsTue, 25 Oct 2016 18:08:00 +0200.

LAWMAKERS this week reported that the two large telecommunications companies, PLDT and Globe, failed to send out storm alerts to mobile phone users as required by law during the last typhoon. Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Carlo Isagani Zarate
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Guatemala: Boletín Informativo No. 4289 - Seymour no representa peligr ... Tue, 25 Oct 2016 17:31:00 +0200.

En el océano Pacífico se formó el Huracán Seymour, ubicado a 720 kilómetros al SurOeste de Manzanillo, México, con vientos máximos sostenidos de 120 kilómetros por hora y desplazándose en dirección Oeste – NorOeste. Seymour es un Huracán ca
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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),