M 5.4 in Guatemala on 05 Oct 2012 18:22 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.

Updated: this report is based on episode 1.

Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: 50.9 Km
Lat/Lon: 13.0324 , -91.5574
Event Date: 05 Oct 2012 18:22 UTC
05 Oct 2012 12:22 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Source: NEIC usc000d2fv
Inserted at: 06 Oct 2012 16:00 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usc000d2fv 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
120059 0.5 05 Oct 2012 18:22 5.4M, 6.6km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:16 NEIC
120074 0.5 05 Oct 2012 18:22 5.4M, 50.9km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 21:37 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 Escuintla (population 573,063) .

Radius Population
100 km no people
75 km no people
50 km no people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Escuintla Guatemala 570000 people
Suchitepequez Guatemala 410000 people

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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