M 4.6 in Guatemala on 29 Dec 2020 03:54 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 1249458
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 46.66 Km
Lat/Lon: 13.2322 , -90.7649
Event Date: 29 Dec 2020 03:54 UTC
28 Dec 2020 21:54 Local
Exposed Population:
270000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 30 Dec 2020 04:04 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
us6000d3we Scaled population (vector) 4.44  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability -0.19  
  INFORM_normalised 1.05  
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Latest media headlines

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World Earthquake Report for Tuesday, 29 December 2020Tue, 29 Dec 2020 06:44:00 +0100.

Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 29 Dec 2020Summary: 5 quakes 5.0+, 44 quakes 4.0+, 109 quakes 3.0+, 193 quakes 2.0+ (351 total) This report is being updated every hour. Magnitude 5+: 5 earthquakes Magnitu
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Light magnitude 4.7 quake hits 109 km south of Puerto San José, Guatem ... Tue, 29 Dec 2020 05:12:00 +0100.

4.7 quake 28 Dec 9:54 pm (GMT -6) A magnitude 4.7 earthquake near Puerto San José, Municipio de San José, Departamento de Escuintla, Guatemala, was reported only 12 minutes ago by the Nicaraguan Institute of Territorial Studies (INETER), co
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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),