Overall Green Earthquake alert in Guatemala on 04 Aug 2020 19:17 UTC

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:	5.8M
Depth:	11.83 Km
Lat/Lon:	13.3527 , -91.952
Event Date:	04 Aug 2020 19:17 UTC 04 Aug 2020 13:17 Local
Exposed Population:	About 33000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us6000b9cc
Inserted at:	04 Aug 2020 21:20 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	5.5 (Guatemala)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000b9cc	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1.05

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1324931		0	04 Aug 2020 19:17	5.8M, 11.83km	3.74	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		02:03	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 unknowed a zone. The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1324931	13.353/-91.952	5.8	11.8	3.737	04 Aug 2020 19:39	00:21	(new episode)
2	1324931	13.353/-91.952	5.8	11.8	3.74	04 Aug 2020 19:51	00:33	(upd of #1)
3	1324931	13.353/-91.952	5.8	11.8	3.74	04 Aug 2020 21:20	02:03	(upd of #2)
4	1324931	13.353/-91.952	5.8	11.8	3.74	05 Aug 2020 19:21	1d 00:03	(upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

For a full list of available products related to this event, please refer to the GDACS Resources page.

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