M 5.2 in Guatemala on 09 May 2017 14:15 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 1112535
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 82.18 Km
Lat/Lon: 13.8434 , -90.4557
Event Date: 09 May 2017 14:15 UTC
09 May 2017 08:15 Local
Exposed Population:
6100000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 09 May 2017 15:24 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
5.5 (Guatemala)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Guatemala= 5.5; El Salvador= 4.6

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -0.4 -0.4
us10008qsy Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 298 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Bidrag till tsunamins offer i AfrikaSat, 13 May 2017 13:41:00 +0200.

Around 12 tons of rice, maize and vegetable oil were delivered to Hafun on December 30, four days after the earthquake. Previous attempts to deliver aid failed after trucks were unable to pass tsunami damaged roads near Foar, a village of 1
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Reconstrucción en la cancha, por Carlos MeléndezSat, 13 May 2017 13:09:00 +0200.

"Del territorio a reconstruir, dos regiones presentan los más altos niveles de desafección con el Estado en todo el país" (Foto: Presidencia). La costa norte del país es la macrorregión mejor integrada a la dinámica económica de la capital
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Chile estudia la construcción de dos OPV equipados con sensores y misi ... Sat, 13 May 2017 12:20:00 +0200.

Astilleros y Maestranzas de la Armada Chile estudia la construcción de dos OPV equipados con sensores y misiles antibuque Construcción del OPV-83 Marinero Fuentealba en Asmar Talcahuano. Foto: Armada de Chile. La Armada de Chile está en et
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Fakfak Diguncang GempaSat, 13 May 2017 09:55:00 +0200.

Bisnis.com , SORONG - Gempa bumi berkekuatan 4,5 skala richter mengguncang Kabupaten Fakfak, Provinsi Papua Barat, Sabtu (13/5/2017) sekitar pukul 14.34 WIT tapi tidak menimbulkan kerusakan. Kepala Stasiun Geofisika BMKG Sorong, Andri W Bid
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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.
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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),