M 5.6 in El Salvador on 26 Mar 2019 12:01 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 1174506
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 12.4956 , -89.2334
Event Date: 26 Mar 2019 12:01 UTC
26 Mar 2019 06:01 Local
Exposed Population: About 18000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 Mar 2019 12:19 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (El Salvador)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000jlpq Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.94  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 323 | About casualties: 49 | Last hour: 0

Snapshot of extinction: Fossils show day of killer asteroidSat, 30 Mar 2019 09:42:00 +0100.

WASHINGTON (AP) — New research captures a fossilized snapshot of the day nearly 66 million years ago when an asteroid smacked Earth, fire rained from the sky and the ground shook far worse than any modern earthquake. It was the day that nea
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Evacuation plans to be worked out for megaquake in PacificSat, 30 Mar 2019 09:41:00 +0100.

The government is urging municipalities and companies to flesh out preparations for a massive earthquake that could occur off the Pacific coast, including evacuation plans for areas that may not be affected by the initial temblor. Based on
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Snapshot of extinction: Fossils show day of killer asteroidSat, 30 Mar 2019 09:05:00 +0100.

WASHINGTON (AP) - New research released Friday captures a fossilized snapshot of the day nearly 66 million years ago when an asteroid smacked Earth, fire rained from the sky and the ground shook far worse than any modern earthquake. It was
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Snapshot of extinction: Fossils show day of killer asteroidSat, 30 Mar 2019 08:54:00 +0100.

FILE - This Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017 file photo shows a model of a Tyrannosaurus rex on display in the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science in Albuquerque, N.M. New research released on Friday, March 29, 2019 captures a fossilized
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),