M 6.8 in Guatemala from 22 Jun 2017 12:31 UTC to 12:31

Event summary

This earthquake can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1115474
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 13.682 , -91.114
Event Date: 22 Jun 2017 12:31 UTC
22 Jun 2017 06:31 Local
Exposed Population: 1270000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 22 Jun 2017 12:38 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
5.5 (Guatemala)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
PTWC 1.5 1 1.5
pt17173000 Scaled population (vector) 0 Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake 1 Max wave realtime 0.21m  
  C2 earthquake 0      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 1      
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 601 | About casualties: 131 | Last hour: 0

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Terremoto al largo delle Fiji: scossa di magnitudo 6.2 nell’Oceano Pac ... Mon, 26 Jun 2017 08:53:00 +0200.

(Di lunedì 26 giugno 2017) Terremoto al largo delle Fiji scossa di magnitudo 6.2 nell’Oceano Pacifico SUVA – Una potente scossa di Terremoto di magnitudo 6.2 della scala Richter è stata registrata lunedì 26 giugno al largo delle isole Fiji
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Cronaca Mondo Terremoto al largo delle Fiji: scossa di magnitudo 6.2 n ... Mon, 26 Jun 2017 08:45:00 +0200.

La scossa, che è stata avvertita in tutta la regione di Tonga, ha avuto epicentro a 209 chilometri a nord-ovest di Nukualoka, a 221 chilometri ad ovest di Pangai (Tonga) e a 562 chilometri a sud-est di Suva, nelle Fiji. Ma non ci sono fortu
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Auckland's north tops list of area with the most people at risk from a ... Mon, 26 Jun 2017 07:35:00 +0200.

Thousands of people at popular beaches to the north of Auckland would be at risk if a tsunami struck in summer, a report shows. The Auckland Tsunami Community Exposure Analysis report, commissioned by Auckland Council, identified which comm
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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 (88), (5), NEIC (5), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),