M 7.3 in El Salvador on 27 Aug 2012 04:37 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 119052
Earthquake Magnitude: 7.3M
Depth: 20.3 Km
Lat/Lon: 12.2777 , -88.528
Event Date: 27 Aug 2012 04:37 UTC
26 Aug 2012 22:37 Local
Exposed Population:
Few people affected in 100km
Inserted at: 27 Aug 2012 06:21 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0.3 0.5
usc000c7yw Scaled population (vector) n.a Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake n.a Max wave realtime 0.28m  
  C2 earthquake n.a      
  Country Vulnerability n.a      
  INFORM_normalised n.a      
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Latest media headlines

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Le taux de chômage au Japon est resté stable à 4,3% en juillet, a annoncé vendredi le ministère des Affaires intérieures. En juillet, on recensait 2,88 millions de chômeurs au Japon, soit 7,7% de moins qu'un an plus tôt, pour une populatio
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La producción industrial de Japón cayó un 1,2 % en julioFri, 31 Aug 2012 03:11:00 +0200.

La producción industrial de Japón bajó en julio un 1,2 % con respecto al mes anterior, en su primer dato negativo en los últimos dos meses, informó hoy el Gobierno nipón.
PMI manufacturero agosto de Japón cae a menor nivel en 16 mesesFri, 31 Aug 2012 02:10:00 +0200.

La actividad manufacturera de Japón cayó en agosto a su menor más bajo en 16 meses, debido a que la debilidad de la economía mundial continuaba pesando sobre las exportaciones y la producción industrial, mostró el jueves un sondeo.
Study: 'Hot spots' may up earthquake sizeFri, 31 Aug 2012 01:12:00 +0200.

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- "Hot spots" of melting rock in fault zones can act as triggers to turn moderate earthquakes into massive temblors, U.S. seismologists say.

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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 (81), (5), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), INFORM (4), USGS (2), NOAA (1),