M 5.8 in Guatemala on 12 Nov 2022 04:39 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact
Shakemap
Tsunami

Event summary

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

Earthquake Magnitude: 5.8M
Depth: 99.622 Km
Lat/Lon: 14.1232 , -90.787
Event Date: 12 Nov 2022 04:39 UTC
11 Nov 2022 22:39 Local
Exposed Population: 90 thousand in MMI V
Source: NEIC us7000ip7p
Inserted at: 12 Nov 2022 04:57 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 5.5 (Guatemala)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000ip7p Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

The green area correspond to areas affected by strong shaking (MMI VI or higher) according to the simulation.


Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1472689 0 12 Nov 2022 04:39 5.8M, 99.622km 4.57 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 00:17 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.

Rapid Impact

The results presented below are calculated with the ShakeMap open source software (USGS) using only earthquake hypocenter information to provide a rapid estimation of the ground motion and shaking intensity without taking into account any instrumental observations or earthquake source scaling laws.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Guatemala ,of Santa Rosa (population 3,761) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
91000 people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Escuintla Guatemala 110000 people
Santa Rosa Guatemala 3800 people
Guatemala Guatemala no people
Jutiapa Guatemala no people
Solola Guatemala 26000 people
Jalapa Guatemala 14000 people
Baja Verapaz Guatemala no people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Obero Escuintla Guatemala City - 10 km
Masagua Escuintla Guatemala Village 9900 people 11 km
Brito Escuintla Guatemala Village - 14 km
Jumaytepeque Santa Rosa Guatemala Village - 62 km
Monjas Jalapa Guatemala Village 10000 people 107 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Intensity Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
El Naranjo ENJ unknown 0 6 km

More information

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