M 4.6 in Guatemala on 16 Dec 2016 00:34 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 1100991
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 44.09 Km
Lat/Lon: 13.2164 , -90.8635
Event Date: 16 Dec 2016 00:34 UTC
15 Dec 2016 18:34 Local
Exposed Population:
199173 people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 Dec 2016 00:52 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000816k 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: 279 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

Earthquakes shaking northwestern coast of EcuadorTue, 20 Dec 2016 00:32:00 +0100.

newindianexpress.com reported that several strong earthquakes rattled Ecuador’s northwestern coast in the pre-dawn hours of today, leaving some areas without power but with no reports of casualties. The South American nation is still recove
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يابانيون يبحثون عن أطفالهم المفقودين منذ 5 سنواتMon, 19 Dec 2016 23:50:00 +0100.

بحث الآلاف من الآباء والأمهات بشكل محموم عن أطفالهم، بعد أن ضربت موجات تسونامي المدمرة فوكوشيما في اليابان. وبعد خمس سنوات، لايزال بعضهم يبحثون بين الأنقاض عن ذويهم. لقد فقد نوريو كيمورا والده وزوجته وابنته (يونا) البالغة من العمر سبع سنوات
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Imágenes del terremoto que dejó dos muertos y seis heridos en EcuadorMon, 19 Dec 2016 23:46:00 +0100.

A causa de los temblores, dos personas fallecieron, otras seis resultaron con heridas, 20 infraestructuras sufrieron afectación y cinco más colapsaron , reportó la secretaría (ministerio) de Gestión de Riesgos (SGR). Previamente, Gabriel Ri
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Dos muertos, seis heridos y cuantiosos daños dejan sismos en EcuadorMon, 19 Dec 2016 23:43:00 +0100.

Dos muertos y seis heridos dejaban al menos 27 sismos de hasta 5.8 de magnitud que sacudieron la madrugada del lunes una región costera de Ecuador fronteriza con Colombia, que ya fuera golpeada por un letal terremoto en abril pasado. A caus
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),