M 4.9 in Nicaragua on 06 Dec 2018 09:43 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 1164533
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 156.67 Km
Lat/Lon: 12.6113 , -86.9846
Event Date: 06 Dec 2018 09:43 UTC
06 Dec 2018 03:43 Local
Exposed Population:
2630000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 06 Dec 2018 10:01 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
5.3 (Nicaragua)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Nicaragua= 5.3; Honduras= 5.2

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000i3dq Scaled population (vector) 6.55  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability -1  
  INFORM_normalised 1.02  
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Latest media headlines

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The earthquake in the Middle East was 21.9 miles north-northeast of Sarpol-e Z̄ahab, Iran, and 39.8 miles south-southwest of Mandali, Iraq, with a depth of 6.2 miles, according to the USGA . It struck at 7:37 p.m. local time. Five aftershoc
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5.9 magnitude earthquake felt in NicaraguaMon, 26 Nov 2018 00:10:00 +0100.

. A 5.9 magnitude earthquake was felt in Nicaragua on Sunday. So far, there are no reports of injuries or damages.
Magnitude 6.0 earthquakes jolt Central America, IranSun, 25 Nov 2018 19:59:00 +0100.

Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Two earthquakes at least 6.0 magnitude struck the eastern coast of Central America and western Iran near its border with Iraq within half a day, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off
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Magnitude 6.0 earthquake jolts Central America's eastern coastSun, 25 Nov 2018 17:54:00 +0100.

Nov. 25 (UPI) -- A 6.0-magnitude earthquake on Saturday night struck off the eastern coast of Central America, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The quake, which occurred at 9:41 p.m. Central Time, was centered in the Carribbean Sea near
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),