M 4.5 in Guatemala on 11 May 2017 22:02 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 1112767
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 54.78 Km
Lat/Lon: 13.5127 , -90.2669
Event Date: 11 May 2017 22:02 UTC
11 May 2017 16:02 Local
Exposed Population:
2200000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 11 May 2017 22:33 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 0
us10008rpt Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 213 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

More than 50 per cent Indians living in disaster prone areas: Rajnath ... Mon, 15 May 2017 21:36:00 +0200.

NEW DELHI: India is one of the most disaster-prone nations, with more than 50 per cent of the population living in areas vulnerable to natural calamities. Inaugurating a meeting organised by the National Disaster Management Authority in New
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6.2-magnitude quake hits off PNG: USGSMon, 15 May 2017 20:15:00 +0200.

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea today, the US Geological Survey said, but no Pacific-wide tsunami warning was issued. The shallow tremor struck in waters near the sparsely populated New Britain island, 450 kilometres
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Misterioso pianeta in rotta con la Terra: “Ad agosto terremoti fino a ... Mon, 15 May 2017 19:45:00 +0200.

Un pianeta di un altro sistema solare rischia di entrare in collisione con la Terra provocando terremoti e tsunami distruttivi entro il prossimo mese di agosto. Il ricercatore David Meades sostiene l’imminente impatto di un “Pianeta X” che
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Cutremur de 6.2 grade în Papua Noua Guinee. Nu a fost emisă alertă de ... Mon, 15 May 2017 19:32:00 +0200.

Un cutremur cu magnitudinea estimată la 6,2 s-a produs, luni, la 39 de kilometri în sudul districtului Namatanai din Papua Noua Guinee, informează Xinhua și EFE, potrivit Seismul a avut loc la ora 13:22 GMT, conform Institutului american d
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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),