M 6.6 in Guatemala from 22 Jun 2017 12:31 UTC to 12:31

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 1115474
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 13.73 , -90.99
Event Date: 22 Jun 2017 12:31 UTC
22 Jun 2017 06:31 Local
Exposed Population: 2140000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 22 Jun 2017 12:37 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
5.5 (Guatemala)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Guatemala= 5.5; El Salvador= 4.6

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
GEOFON 1.5 1 1.5
gfz2017mdfh Scaled population (vector) 0 Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake 1 Max wave realtime 0.18m  
  C2 earthquake 0      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 1      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Desertificazione e siccità le nuove catastrofi naturali 6/26/2017 11:35:00 AM.

Secondo uno studio del Joint research Centre della Commissione Europea, l'esposizione globale ai rischi di catastrofi naturali è raddoppiato tra il 1975 e il 2015, soprattutto a causa di urbanizzazione, crescita della popolazione e sviluppo
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¿Es posible pronosticar un terremoto?, para este guatemalteco sí 6/25/2017 9:04:00 PM.

. Por: Oscar Coronado Fundamentado en principios y leyes científicos, Abraham Alejandro Vásquez Mencos, un químico guatemalteco y profesor egresado de la Universidad de San Carlos pronostica un fuerte terremoto para nuestro país en los p
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Cita previa 6/24/2017 8:26:00 AM.

El comisario europeo Pierre Moscovici ha tenido el privilegio en los dos últimos días de hacer su propio test personal sobre la valía de los dos principales contendientes en las primarias socialistas. Estuvo el jueves con Pedro Sánchez, en
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Cita previa 6/24/2017 6:41:00 AM.

El comisario europeo Pierre Moscovici ha tenido el privilegio en los dos últimos días de hacer su propio test personal sobre la valía de los dos principales contendientes en las primarias socialistas. Estuvo el jueves con Pedro Sánchez, en
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (88), (5), NEIC (5), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),