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M 6.1 in Guatemala on 27 Jan 2024 05:52 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:	6.1M
Depth:	108 Km
Lat/Lon:	14.1128 , -90.5191
Event Date:	27 Jan 2024 05:52 UTC 26 Jan 2024 23:52 Local
Exposed Population:	3.8 million in MMI V
Source:	NEIC us7000luai
Inserted at:	27 Jan 2024 06:10 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
us7000luai	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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1549500		0	27 Jan 2024 05:52	6.1M, 108km	5.09	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 332,482) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	3.8 million people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Santa Rosa	Guatemala	330000 people
Escuintla	Guatemala	610000 people
Guatemala	Guatemala	2.2 million people
Jutiapa	Guatemala	89000 people
Sacatepequez	Guatemala	4700 people
Ahuachapan	El Salvador	26000 people
Jalapa	Guatemala	<1000 people
El Progreso	Guatemala	no people
Solola	Guatemala	<1000 people
Chiquimula	Guatemala	4400 people
Zacapa	Guatemala	<1000 people
Totonicapan	Guatemala	no people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Taxisco	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	6400 people	8 km
Guazacapán	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	City	-	12 km
Cuje	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	-	13 km
Brito	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	16 km
El Pescador	Guatemala	Guatemala	Village	-	16 km
El Jobito	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	-	18 km
La Avellana	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	-	22 km
Papaturro	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	-	23 km
El Pumpo	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	-	24 km
San Rafael	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	-	25 km
Agua Dulce	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	-	25 km
Pozitos	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	25 km
Santa María Ixhuatán	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	-	28 km
Iztapa	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	4000 people	29 km
Las Pozas	Guatemala	Guatemala	Village	-	29 km
Cuilapa	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	City	16000 people	30 km
Los Cerritos	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	-	30 km
Los Verdes	Guatemala	Guatemala	Village	-	34 km
Estanzuela	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	-	34 km
Obero	Escuintla	Guatemala	City	-	35 km
Escuintla	Escuintla	Guatemala	City	100000 people	36 km
Masagua	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	9900 people	37 km
San José	Escuintla	Guatemala	City	19000 people	38 km
San José Acatempa	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	-	39 km
Fraijanes	Guatemala	Guatemala	Village	28000 people	40 km
San Pedro	Santa Rosa	Guatemala	Village	-	41 km
Amatitlán	Guatemala	Guatemala	City	48000 people	42 km
La Barrita	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	48 km
La Democracia	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	48 km
Ceiba Amelia	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	48 km
Santa Catarina Pinula	Guatemala	Guatemala	Village	68000 people	50 km
Barra de la Gabina	Jutiapa	Guatemala	Village	-	52 km
Siquinalá	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	53 km
Caserío El Guayabo	Ahuachapán	El Salvador	Village	-	56 km
Guatemala	Guatemala	Guatemala	Capital	1.7 million people	57 km
Santa Lucia Cotz	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	59 km
Las Champas	Jutiapa	Guatemala	Village	-	61 km
Cara	Ahuachapán	El Salvador	Village	-	64 km
Las Playas	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	-	66 km
La Gomera	Escuintla	Guatemala	Village	24000 people	68 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
El Naranjo	ENJ	unknown				0	34 km
San Jose		9	Civ.	Paved	No	6500	39 km
La Aurora	GUA	1509	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9800	52 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Puerto Quetzail	GTPRQ	Guatemala	36 km
San Jose	GTSJO	Guatemala	40 km
San Jose	GTSJO	Guatemala	40 km

More information

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