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 64,062) . 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	64000 people
Sonsonate	El Salvador	60000 people
Jutiapa	Guatemala	22000 people
Santa Rosa	Guatemala	7300 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

see full list

Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Acajutla	SVAQJ	El Salvador	49 km

More information

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