M 4.6 in Guatemala on 15 Jun 2013 04:21 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters
Shakemap
Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 140.5 Km
Lat/Lon: 15.1455 , -91.7507
Event Date: 15 Jun 2013 04:21 UTC
14 Jun 2013 22:21 Local
Exposed Population:
5610455 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 17 Jun 2013 13:52 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -1 -1
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1000244 -1 15 Jun 2013 04:21 4.6M, 140.5km N/A 5.6 million (in 100km) 2d 09:31 NEIC
The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.
The episode that has the last updated information.
* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Guatemala , Department of San Marcos (population 808,778) . The nearest places are Quezaltenango, and Buena Vista.

Radius Population
100 km 5.6 million people
75 km 4.3 million people
50 km 2.1 million people
20 km 320000 people
10 km 75000 people
5 km 20000 people
2 km 2500 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
San Marcos Guatemala 810000 people
Quezaltenango Guatemala 630000 people
Totonicapan Guatemala 350000 people
Huehuetenango Guatemala 740000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Buena Vista San Marcos Guatemala Village - 2 km
Quezaltenango Quezaltenango Guatemala Major city 120000 people 42 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Huehuetenango HUG unknown 37 km
Quezaltenango 2363 41 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Puerto Madero MXPMD Mexico 86 km
Champerico GTCHR Guatemala 97 km

More information

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