Overall Orange Earthquake alert in Guatemala on 07 Nov 2012 16:35 UTC

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M 7.4 in Guatemala on 07 Nov 2012 16:35 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

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

Earthquake Magnitude:	7.4M
Depth:	41.6 Km
Lat/Lon:	14.0828 , -91.9161
Event Date:	07 Nov 2012 16:35 UTC 07 Nov 2012 10:35 Local
Exposed Population:	180000 people in MMI 2680000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC usb000dlwm
Inserted at:	02 Feb 2017 13:11 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake	Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	1.5	0.2		1.5
usb000dlwm	Scaled population (vector)	Max wave scenario	0m
	C1 earthquake	Max wave realtime	0.24m
	C2 earthquake
	Country Vulnerability
	INFORM_normalised

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
120715	1.9	07 Nov 2012 16:35	7.5M, 33km	N/A	1 million (in 100km)	0.5m (at 01:00)	1547d 20:35	NEIC
120716	2.2	07 Nov 2012 16:35	7.3M, 10km	N/A	3.2 million (in 100km)	0.4m (at 00:18)	1547d 20:35	NEIC
120718	1.5	07 Nov 2012 16:35	7.4M, 41.6km	7.4	190 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	0.2m (at 02:30)	1547d 20:35	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 Mexico ,of Retalhuleu (population 18,722) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	190000 people
	1.7 million people
	6 million people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	120718	0/0	N/A	N/A	N/A	21 Feb 2018 13:12	1931d 20:36	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Retalhuleu	Guatemala	90000 people
Suchitepequez	Guatemala	44000 people
Escuintla	Guatemala	50000 people
Quezaltenango	Guatemala	<1000 people
San Marcos	Guatemala	<1000 people
Retalhuleu	Guatemala	240000 people
Suchitepequez	Guatemala	320000 people
Escuintla	Guatemala	250000 people
Quezaltenango	Guatemala	530000 people
San Marcos	Guatemala	110000 people
Chiapas	Mexico	160000 people
Solola	Guatemala	20000 people
Totonicapan	Guatemala	58000 people
Retalhuleu	Guatemala	12000 people
Suchitepequez	Guatemala	170000 people
Escuintla	Guatemala	410000 people
Quezaltenango	Guatemala	210000 people
San Marcos	Guatemala	520000 people
Chiapas	Mexico	540000 people
Solola	Guatemala	320000 people
Chimaltenango	Guatemala	390000 people
Totonicapan	Guatemala	370000 people
Quiche	Guatemala	250000 people
Sacatepequez	Guatemala	350000 people
Huehuetenango	Guatemala	<1000 people
Santa Rosa	Guatemala	57000 people
Guatemala	Guatemala	2.4 million people
Jutiapa	Guatemala	13000 people
Ahuachapan	El Salvador	<1000 people
Escuintla	Guatemala	12000 people
Quezaltenango	Guatemala	20000 people
San Marcos	Guatemala	400000 people
Chiapas	Mexico	310000 people
Solola	Guatemala	76000 people
Chimaltenango	Guatemala	160000 people
Totonicapan	Guatemala	26000 people
Quiche	Guatemala	210000 people
Sacatepequez	Guatemala	44000 people
Huehuetenango	Guatemala	400000 people
Santa Rosa	Guatemala	240000 people
Guatemala	Guatemala	780000 people
Baja Verapaz	Guatemala	25000 people
Jutiapa	Guatemala	34000 people
El Progreso	Guatemala	<1000 people
Ahuachapan	El Salvador	58000 people
Sonsonate	El Salvador	36000 people
Santa Ana	El Salvador	2300 people
Chiquimula	Guatemala	<1000 people
La Libertad	El Salvador	120000 people
Chalatenango	El Salvador	1000 people
Ocotepeque	Honduras	18000 people
San Salvador	El Salvador	22000 people
Oaxaca	Mexico	<1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Champerico	Retalhuleu	Guatemala	City	7700 people	23 km
Tahuesco	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	-	34 km
Nueva Candalaria	Retalhuleu	Guatemala	Village	-	38 km
Jesús la Bomba	Retalhuleu	Guatemala	Village	-	39 km
Nueva Venecia	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	-	41 km
Bracitos	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	-	43 km
Puerta Privada	Retalhuleu	Guatemala	Village	-	45 km
Bolivia	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	-	49 km
Boxomá	Retalhuleu	Guatemala	Village	-	52 km
Barra Madre Vieja	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	53 km
Patut	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	-	55 km
Seccion Pacaya	Quezaltenango	Guatemala	Village	-	56 km
Retalhuleu	Retalhuleu	Guatemala	City	44000 people	56 km
Ocós	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	56 km
La Blanca	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	59 km
Pucá	Retalhuleu	Guatemala	Village	-	60 km
Limones	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	63 km
San Lorenzo	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	2100 people	63 km
Tecojate	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	63 km
Cuyotenango	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	11000 people	63 km
Pueblo Nuevo Tiquisate	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	64 km
Flores Costa Cuca	Quezaltenango	Guatemala	Village	12000 people	64 km
Mazatenango	Suchitepequez	Guatemala	City	36000 people	66 km
Poza	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	66 km
Finca Los Ángeles	Retalhuleu	Guatemala	Village	-	69 km
Tecun Uman	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	70 km
Ciudad Hidalgo	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	71 km
Río Bravo	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	7500 people	73 km
Pajapita	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	8000 people	73 km
San Antonio	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	-	74 km
Poza Verde	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	75 km
Chontal	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	76 km
Cerro Colorado	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	81 km
Delicias	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	81 km
Santa María	Quezaltenango	Guatemala	Village	-	83 km
La Gomera	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	24000 people	83 km
Sipacate	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	85 km
Las Playas	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	86 km
Metapa	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	89 km
San Juan Ostuncalco	Quezaltenango	Guatemala	Village	-	93 km
Quezaltenango	Quezaltenango	Guatemala	Major city	120000 people	94 km
Cantel	Quezaltenango	Guatemala	Village	26000 people	95 km
Mazatán	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	5700 people	103 km
Ceiba Amelia	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	104 km
Buenos Aires	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	108 km
Obero	Escuintla	Guatemala	City	-	117 km
Colomba	Quezaltenango	Guatemala	Village	19000 people	73 km
San Pablo	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	-	74 km
San Felipe	Suchitepequez	Guatemala	Village	8800 people	75 km
El Amparo	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	80 km
Santa Clara	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	80 km
Chicacao	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	20000 people	82 km
Masá	Sololá	Guatemala	Village	-	82 km
Santa Bárbara	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	-	84 km
Catarina	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	3000 people	87 km
El Tumbador	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	7500 people	87 km
Puerto de San Benito	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	89 km
Patulul	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	14000 people	90 km
Malacatán	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	93 km
San Rafael	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	94 km
Santiago Atitlán	Sololá	Guatemala	City	-	96 km
Santa Clara	Sololá	Guatemala	Village	-	96 km
San Pedro	Sololá	Guatemala	Village	-	97 km
Tapachula	Chiapas	Mexico	City	200000 people	98 km
San Marcos	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	25000 people	99 km
Santa Lucia Cotz	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	101 km
Tuxtla Chico	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	7100 people	104 km
Santa Lucía	Sololá	Guatemala	Village	-	104 km
Puerto Madero	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	9500 people	105 km
Totonicapán	Totonicapán	Guatemala	Village	9300 people	106 km
Siquinalá	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	106 km
La Democracia	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	106 km
Nahualá	Sololá	Guatemala	Village	-	106 km
San Carlos	Totonicapan	Guatemala	Village	-	108 km
Río Blanco	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	109 km
La Barrita	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	110 km
Sololá	Sololá	Guatemala	City	10000 people	110 km
Salvador Urbina	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	110 km
Vixbén	Quezaltenango	Guatemala	Village	-	114 km
Aquiles Serdan	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	115 km
Pologuá	Totonicapán	Guatemala	Village	-	115 km
Masagua	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	9900 people	116 km
Huehuetán	Chiapas	Mexico	City	7000 people	117 km
Patzún	Chimaltenango	Guatemala	City	18000 people	117 km
El Zapote	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	118 km
Los Encuentros	Sololá	Guatemala	Village	-	119 km
San José	Escuintla	Guatemala	City	19000 people	120 km
Momostenango	Totonicapan	Guatemala	Village	31000 people	120 km
Escuintla	Escuintla	Guatemala	City	100000 people	124 km
Pamanzana	Chimaltenango	Guatemala	Village	-	125 km
Francisco I. Madero	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	129 km
Chichicastenango	Quiché	Guatemala	Village	78000 people	129 km
San Pedro Jocopilas	Quiche	Guatemala	Village	1000 people	131 km
Iztapa	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	4000 people	131 km
Huixtla	Chiapas	Mexico	City	29000 people	131 km
Comalapa	Chimaltenango	Guatemala	City	21000 people	132 km
Ciudad Vieja	Sacatepéquez	Guatemala	Village	30000 people	133 km
Chinique	Quiche	Guatemala	Village	2700 people	133 km
Parramos	Chimaltenango	Guatemala	Village	9500 people	134 km
Chimaltenango	Chimaltenango	Guatemala	City	82000 people	134 km
San Bartolome Jocotenango	Totonicapan	Guatemala	Village	-	135 km
Brito	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	136 km
Tejar	Chimaltenango	Guatemala	Village	-	137 km
Antigua	Sacatepéquez	Guatemala	Major city	21000 people	138 km
Lazaro Cárdenas	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	139 km
La Zacualpa	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	142 km
Papaturro	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	-	143 km
Pueblo Nuevo	Chiapas	Mexico	City	-	144 km
Amatitlán	Guatemala	Guatemala	City	48000 people	146 km
El Arenal	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	147 km
El Manzanillo	Sacatepéquez	Guatemala	Village	-	147 km
Mixco	Guatemala	Guatemala	City	470000 people	154 km
El Pumpo	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	-	155 km
Acapetagua	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	157 km
La Avellana	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	-	157 km
Guatemala	Guatemala	Guatemala	Capital	1.7 million people	161 km
Doña Maria	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	161 km
Agua Dulce	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	-	162 km
Santa Catarina Pinula	Guatemala	Guatemala	Village	68000 people	162 km
El Jobito	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	-	165 km
Fraijanes	Guatemala	Guatemala	Village	28000 people	165 km
San Rafael	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	-	166 km
Los Cerritos	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	-	176 km
San Pedro	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	-	179 km
Caserío El Guayabo	Ahuachapán	El Salvador	Village	-	198 km
San Sebastián	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	109 km
Acatenango	Chimaltenango	Guatemala	Village	7000 people	117 km
Sibinal	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	1700 people	119 km
Sanajabá	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	120 km
La Soledad	Chimaltenango	Guatemala	Village	-	122 km
Alotenango	Sacatepéquez	Guatemala	Village	17000 people	127 km
San José Ixjoyón	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	127 km
Concepción Tutuapa	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	1200 people	128 km
Quequesiguán	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	129 km
Tacaná	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	129 km
San Miguel Ixtahuacán	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	133 km
San José Poaquil	Chimaltenango	Guatemala	City	-	136 km
Las Majadas	San Marcos	Guatemala	Village	-	136 km
Santa AnaMalacatán	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	137 km
Chajbal	Quiché	Guatemala	Village	-	139 km
Huehuetenango	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	78000 people	145 km
Pozitos	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	145 km
Motozintla	Chiapas	Mexico	City	19000 people	147 km
Ixpaltzaj	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	147 km
Santa Isabel	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	148 km
San Rafael	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	149 km
Aguacatan	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	149 km
Las Pozas	Guatemala	Guatemala	Village	-	150 km
El Pescador	Guatemala	Guatemala	Village	-	151 km
La Montaña	Quiché	Guatemala	Village	-	152 km
Santa Elena Barillas	Guatemala	Guatemala	Village	-	153 km
Joyabaj	Quiché	Guatemala	Village	13000 people	156 km
Cuje	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	-	156 km
Taxisco	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	6400 people	157 km
Las Casas	Quiché	Guatemala	Village	-	160 km
San Raimundo	Guatemala	Guatemala	Village	-	161 km
Escuintla	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	8900 people	162 km
Guazacapán	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	City	-	162 km
Los Verdes	Guatemala	Guatemala	Village	-	163 km
Pachalum	Quiché	Guatemala	Village	-	164 km
Canillá	Baja Verapaz	Guatemala	Village	-	166 km
Estancia de García	Baja Verapaz	Guatemala	Village	-	170 km
Flores Magón	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	175 km
Cuilapa	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	City	16000 people	175 km
Cushu	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	176 km
Chato	Guatemala	Guatemala	Village	-	177 km
Paso Hondo	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	178 km
Guadalupe	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	5100 people	181 km
Agua Zarca	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	181 km
Mapastepec	Chiapas	Mexico	City	16000 people	183 km
Pasito de la Señora	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	183 km
Lázaro Cárdenas	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	185 km
Garibaldi	Guatemala	Guatemala	Village	-	185 km
Chicomucelo	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	188 km
Barra de la Gabina	Jutiapa	Guatemala	Village	-	190 km
Candelaria	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	191 km
Nentón	Huehuetenango	Guatemala	Village	-	191 km
San Caralampio	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	194 km
Benito Juarez	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	196 km
San Remigio	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	197 km
Las Champas	Jutiapa	Guatemala	Village	-	200 km
Jericó	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	201 km
Margaritas	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	205 km
Cara	Ahuachapán	El Salvador	Village	-	206 km
Buenos Aires	Sonsonate	El Salvador	Village	-	223 km
Majada Vieja	Santa Ana	El Salvador	Village	-	274 km
Nueva San Salvador	La Libertad	El Salvador	City	120000 people	287 km
Sensenti	Ocotepeque	Honduras	Village	1500 people	325 km
Buenavista	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	329 km
San Carlos	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	330 km
Jianipilas	Chiapas	Mexico	Village	-	342 km

see full list

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
Retalhuleu		200	Civ.	Paved	No	4900	54 km
Tapachula International	TAP	29	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6500	93 km
Quezaltenango		2363				0	97 km
El Naranjo	ENJ	unknown				0	117 km
Tapachula		110				0	98 km
San Jose		9	Civ.	Paved	No	6500	118 km
La Aurora	GUA	1509	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9800	160 km
Huehuetenango	HUG	unknown				0	147 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Champerico	GTCHR	Guatemala	22 km
Playa Grande		Guatemala	44 km
Puerto Madero	MXPMD	Mexico	88 km
San Jose	GTSJO	Guatemala	119 km
San Jose	GTSJO	Guatemala	119 km
Puerto Quetzail	GTPRQ	Guatemala	124 km

More information

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