Overall Green Earthquake alert in Guatemala on 23 Jun 2017 03:08 UTC

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M 4.5 in Guatemala on 23 Jun 2017 03:08 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters

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:	4.5M
Depth:	47.71 Km
Lat/Lon:	13.7374 , -91.0916
Event Date:	23 Jun 2017 03:08 UTC 22 Jun 2017 21:08 Local
Exposed Population:	1820000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us20009p75
Inserted at:	23 Jun 2017 03:27 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	5.5 (Guatemala)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us20009p75	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1171712		0	23 Jun 2017 03:08	4.5M, 47.71km	N/A	1.8 million (in 100km)		00:18	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.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Guatemala , Department of Escuintla (population 573,063) . The nearest places are Sipacate, El Naranjo, San José Rama Blanca, Las Cuevas, Cantarrana, La Barrita, Chontal, Málaga, Chichimecas, Tecojate, and Antigua.

Radius	Population
100 km	1.8 million people
75 km	750000 people
50 km	230000 people
20 km	5900 people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Escuintla	Guatemala	570000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Sipacate	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	19 km
El Naranjo	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	21 km
San José Rama Blanca	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	23 km
Las Cuevas	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	24 km
Cantarrana	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	27 km
La Barrita	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	28 km
Chontal	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	29 km
Málaga	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	29 km
Chichimecas	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	32 km
Tecojate	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	34 km
Otacingo	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	34 km
La Gomera	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	24000 people	36 km
El Terrero	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	36 km
El Bebedero	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	37 km
San José	Escuintla	Guatemala	City	19000 people	37 km
Los Pacheco	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	40 km
El Pilar	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	41 km
Santa Ana Mixtán	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	41 km
Barra Madre Vieja	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	43 km
Obero	Escuintla	Guatemala	City	-	44 km
Cerro Colorado	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	45 km
Poza Verde	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	47 km
Las Playas	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	47 km
Corralitos	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	48 km
Iztapa	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	4000 people	48 km
Ceiba Amelia	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	49 km
Agüero	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	49 km
Huitzitzil	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	49 km
La Noria	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	51 km
Poza	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	51 km
Xayá	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	54 km
La Democracia	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	55 km
Nueva Venecia	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	-	56 km
El Castaño	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	56 km
Masagua	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	9900 people	58 km
Papaturro	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	-	59 km
Bolivia	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	-	59 km
Siquinalá	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	63 km
Pueblo Nuevo Tiquisate	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	63 km
La Candelaria	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	-	64 km
El Reventón	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	64 km
Santa Lucia Cotz	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	64 km
Tahuesco	Suchitepéquez	Guatemala	Village	-	65 km
Brito	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	65 km
El Panal	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	-	67 km
Centroamérica	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	70 km
El Pumpo	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	-	70 km
Escuintla	Escuintla	Guatemala	City	100000 people	70 km
Antigua	Sacatepéquez	Guatemala	Major city	21000 people	97 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
San Jose		9	Civ.	Paved	No	6500	36 km
El Naranjo	ENJ	unknown				0	49 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
San Jose	GTSJO	Guatemala	36 km
San Jose	GTSJO	Guatemala	36 km
Puerto Quetzail	GTPRQ	Guatemala	41 km
Playa Grande		Guatemala	56 km

More information

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