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 1.02  
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 Nicaragua ,of Chinandega (population 184,062) . 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

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Chinandega Nicaragua 180000 people
La Union El Salvador 25000 people
Choluteca Honduras 13000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
El Tanque Chinandega Nicaragua Village - 29 km
La Chácara Chinandega Nicaragua Village - 37 km
Santo Tomás Chinandega Nicaragua Village - 43 km
Petacaltepe Chinandega Nicaragua Village - 44 km
Aposentillo Chinandega Nicaragua Village - 46 km
Las Pozas Chinandega Nicaragua Village - 47 km
Apante Chinandega Nicaragua Village - 49 km
El Fortín Chinandega Nicaragua Village - 56 km
Fátima Chinandega Nicaragua Village - 60 km
El Cacao Chinandega Nicaragua Village - 61 km
Cedeño Choluteca Honduras Village - 66 km
El Viejo Chinandega Nicaragua City 53000 people 66 km
Puerto Morazán Chinandega Nicaragua Village 5500 people 69 km
San Miguelito Chinandega Nicaragua Village - 70 km
Chinandega Chinandega Nicaragua City 130000 people 71 km
Monjarás Choluteca Honduras Village - 73 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Intensity Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Tamarindo 3 0 55 km

More information

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