M 5.8 in Nicaragua on 16 May 2019 16:22 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.

Earthquake Magnitude: 5.8M
Depth: 71.71 Km
Lat/Lon: 12.6767 , -87.7794
Event Date: 16 May 2019 16:22 UTC
16 May 2019 10:22 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI V
1200000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us70003m2q
Inserted at: 17 May 2019 16:24 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 5.3 (Nicaragua)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries: Nicaragua= 5.3; Honduras= 5.2; El Salvador= 4.6

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70003m2q Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1260533 0 16 May 2019 16:22 5.7M, 70.99km 4.18 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:21 NEIC
1260537 0 16 May 2019 16:22 5.8M, 71.71km 4.55 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 1d 00:01 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
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1260533 12.644/-87.799 5.7 71.0 4.181 16 May 2019 16:44 00:21 (new episode)
2 0 1260537 12.644/-87.799 5.7 71.0 4.181 16 May 2019 17:17 00:55 (new episode)
3 0 1260537 12.677/-87.779 5.8 71.7 4.409 16 May 2019 17:18 00:56 (upd of #2)
4 0 1260537 12.677/-87.779 5.8 71.7 4.409 16 May 2019 18:25 02:02 (upd of #3)
5 0 1260537 12.677/-87.779 5.8 71.7 4.409 17 May 2019 16:24 1d 00:01 (upd of #4)
6 0 1260537 12.624/-87.856 5.9 62.0 4.55 17 May 2019 17:48 1d 01:26 (upd of #5)

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.