M 4.7 in Guatemala on 15 Dec 2016 16:34 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 1100962
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 56.67 Km
Lat/Lon: 13.294 , -90.7715
Event Date: 15 Dec 2016 16:34 UTC
15 Dec 2016 10:34 Local
Exposed Population:
396043 people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 Dec 2016 18:10 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20008124 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: 296 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

Sismo de Esmeraldas tiene relación con el terremoto del 16 de abril: d ... Mon, 19 Dec 2016 16:16:00 +0100.

Quito, 19 dic (Andes).- Tras el sismo de 5,8 grados de magnitud que se registró esta madrugada en las costas de Esmeraldas, las autoridades confirmaron que este podría tener relación con el suscitado el pasado 16 de abril en esa misma provi
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Costa de Ecuador registra 11 sismos de regular intensidadMon, 19 Dec 2016 16:14:00 +0100.

Quito, 19 Dic (Notimex).- La occidental provincia costera ecuatoriana de Esmeraldas registró esta madrugada 11 sismos , el más fuerte de 5.8 grados Richter, sin necesidad de alerta de tsunami ni daños reportados aún. Empero, el presidente e
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Ecuador quake, aftershocks leave one dead, serious damageMon, 19 Dec 2016 16:12:00 +0100.

A 5.8-magnitude earthquake followed by more than 20 aftershocks rattled Ecuador's Pacific coast before dawn Monday, causing one death and heavy damage to hotels and homes in resort towns, officials said The northwestern province of Esmerald
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Un fallecido por infarto y daños materiales tras terremotos en EcuadorMon, 19 Dec 2016 16:10:00 +0100.

Una persona de edad avanzada falleció este lunes de un infarto como consecuencia de los terremotos que sacudieron esta madrugada la provincia de Esmeraldas (noroeste de Ecuador), que causaron daños materiales y el derrumbe de algunas vivien
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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),