Overall Green Earthquake alert in El Salvador on 12 May 2021 08:45 UTC

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M 5.9 in El Salvador on 12 May 2021 08:45 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:	5.9M
Depth:	45.95 Km
Lat/Lon:	13.3319 , -90.2104
Event Date:	12 May 2021 08:45 UTC 12 May 2021 02:45 Local
Exposed Population:	1500000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us7000e2c6
Inserted at:	12 May 2021 09:06 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	5.5 (Guatemala)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries:	Guatemala= 5.5; El Salvador= 4.6

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000e2c6	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1.05

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1374755		0	12 May 2021 08:45	5.9M, 45.95km	4.21	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:20	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 El Salvador ,of Ahuachapan (population 51,927) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1374755	13.332/-90.21	5.9	46.0	4.264	12 May 2021 09:09	00:23	(new episode)
2	1374755	13.332/-90.21	5.9	46.0	4.237	12 May 2021 10:05	01:19	(upd of #1)
3	1374755	13.332/-90.21	5.9	46.0	4.237	12 May 2021 10:51	02:06	(upd of #2)
4	1374755	13.332/-90.21	5.9	46.0	4.212	13 May 2021 08:49	1d 00:03	(upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Ahuachapan	El Salvador	320000 people
Sonsonate	El Salvador	450000 people
Jutiapa	Guatemala	280000 people
Santa Rosa	Guatemala	230000 people
La Libertad	El Salvador	130000 people
Escuintla	Guatemala	160000 people
Santa Ana	El Salvador	460000 people
Guatemala	Guatemala	4000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Las Champas	Jutiapa	Guatemala	Village	-	48 km
Metalío	Sonsonate	El Salvador	Village	-	48 km
Barra de la Gabina	Jutiapa	Guatemala	Village	-	49 km
Buenos Aires	Sonsonate	El Salvador	Village	-	49 km
Acajutla	Sonsonate	El Salvador	City	22000 people	50 km
Cara	Ahuachapán	El Salvador	Village	-	53 km
Caserío El Guayabo	Ahuachapán	El Salvador	Village	-	54 km
San Pedro	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	-	55 km
Jujutla	Ahuachapán	El Salvador	Village	2000 people	63 km
San Rafael	Ahuachapan	El Salvador	Village	-	65 km
Agua Dulce	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	-	68 km
Sonsonate	Sonsonate	El Salvador	City	59000 people	68 km
San Rafael	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	-	69 km
El Pumpo	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	-	69 km
Los Cerritos	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	-	70 km
Tacuba	Ahuachapán	El Salvador	Village	5100 people	70 km
La Avellana	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	-	71 km
El Níspero	La Libertad	El Salvador	Village	-	72 km
Quezalapa	Ahuachapán	El Salvador	Village	-	73 km
Salcoatitán	Sonsonate	El Salvador	Village	-	73 km
Cuisnahuat	Sonsonate	El Salvador	Village	-	74 km
Izalco	Sonsonate	El Salvador	Village	19000 people	74 km
Ahuachapán	Ahuachapán	El Salvador	City	33000 people	76 km
El Jobito	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	-	77 km
Papaturro	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	-	78 km
Moyuta	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	8100 people	79 km
Hacienda Taquillo	La Libertad	El Salvador	Village	-	81 km
El Sauce	Sonsonate	El Salvador	Village	-	81 km
Conguaco	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	3400 people	81 km
Valle Nuevo	Jutiapa	Guatemala	Village	-	84 km
Atiquizaya	Ahuachapán	El Salvador	Village	9500 people	85 km
Guazacapán	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	City	-	85 km
Chiltiupán	La Libertad	El Salvador	Village	-	85 km
Iztapa	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	4000 people	86 km
Taxisco	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	6400 people	86 km
Chalchuapa	Ahuachapan	El Salvador	City	32000 people	86 km
Armenia	Sonsonate	El Salvador	City	15000 people	90 km
Jalpatagua	Jutiapa	Guatemala	Village	10000 people	92 km
Comapa	Jutiapa	Guatemala	Village	1500 people	92 km
San José	Escuintla	Guatemala	City	19000 people	93 km
Santa María Ixhuatán	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	-	95 km
La Esmeralda	Jutiapa	Guatemala	Village	-	98 km
San José Acatempa	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	-	100 km
La Barrita	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	100 km
Coatepeque	Santa Ana	El Salvador	Village	5700 people	100 km
Ciudad Arce	La Libertad	El Salvador	Village	10000 people	101 km
Santa Ana	Santa Ana	El Salvador	City	170000 people	102 km
Brito	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	102 km
Obero	Escuintla	Guatemala	City	-	103 km
Cuilapa	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	City	16000 people	105 km
Yupiltepeque	Jutiapa	Guatemala	Village	3000 people	106 km
Atescatempa	Jutiapa	Guatemala	Village	11000 people	106 km
San Jacinto	Santa Ana	El Salvador	Village	-	106 km
Jutiapa	Jutiapa	Guatemala	City	34000 people	111 km
Masagua	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	9900 people	119 km
Sipacate	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	121 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	95 km
Rio Sucio Highway Strip		491				0	103 km
El Naranjo	ENJ	unknown				0	108 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Acajutla	SVAQJ	El Salvador	49 km
Puerto Quetzail	GTPRQ	Guatemala	90 km
San Jose	GTSJO	Guatemala	93 km
San Jose	GTSJO	Guatemala	93 km

More information

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