M 5.7 in Honduras on 10 Aug 2020 14:13 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 1229650
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 16.8684 , -85.8614
Event Date: 10 Aug 2020 14:13 UTC
10 Aug 2020 08:13 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI V
About 65000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 11 Aug 2020 14:16 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
5.2 (Honduras)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000bbu3 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.01  
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Latest media headlines

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3:57 Honduras' 5.7 earthquake shakes MexicoMon, 10 Aug 2020 22:39:00 +0200.

10 de agosto de 2020, 15:57 Mexico, Aug 10 (Prensa Latina) An earthquake of intensity 5.7 on the Richter scale with an epicenter off the coast of Honduras, strongly replicated in Quintana Roo, Mexico's State Civil Protection Coordination re
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Honduras, Mexican Caribbean shaken by shallow quakeMon, 10 Aug 2020 19:36:00 +0200.

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - An earthquake on Monday, which had its epicenter in the Caribbean near the Bay Islands of Honduras popular with tourists, was felt as far away as the Mexican coastal state of Quintana Roo, local authorities said. The
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JUEVES: EEH dejará sin energía a la zona noroccidental y centro...Thu, 06 Aug 2020 04:33:00 +0200.

TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS. La Empresa Energía Honduras (EEH) publicó los sectores que estarán sin energía eléctrica este jueves 06 de agosto. Lo mejor es que tome nota, si reside en la zona noroccidental o centro sur del país. En una publicació
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),