Overall Green Earthquake in Guatemala on 26 Apr 2014 13:33 UTC

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M 5 in Guatemala on 26 Apr 2014 13:33 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	EQ 1030582
Earthquake Magnitude:	5.0M
Depth:	83.52 Km
Lat/Lon:	14.1832 , -92.2943
Event Date:	26 Apr 2014 13:33 UTC 26 Apr 2014 07:33 Local
Exposed Population:	1723234 people within 100km
Inserted at:	26 Apr 2014 13:53 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	-0.7		-0.7
	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

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