M 6 in Guatemala on 29 Jul 2012 12:22 UTC

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 118393
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Depth: 35.3 Km
Lat/Lon: 14.3259 , -92.3523
Event Date: 29 Jul 2012 12:22 UTC
29 Jul 2012 06:22 Local
Exposed Population:
2134472 people within 100km
Inserted at: 29 Jul 2012 12:40 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usb000bin6 Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
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Latest media headlines

Earthquake hits Guatemala/Mexico border 7/30/2012 2:56:00 AM.

GUATEMALA CITY, July 29 (UPI) -- A major earthquake hit northern Guatemala Sunday morning near the Mexican border, with the highest of various estimates placing it at 6.0 magnitude.
Cerca de la costa del México y Guatemala ocurre un fuerte terremoto 7/29/2012 6:08:00 PM.

Un terremoto de una magnitud de 6,0 ocurrió el domingo en el Océano Pacífico, al oeste de la frontera de Guatemala y México.
6.0 quake strikes near Guatemala-Mexico border 7/29/2012 3:52:00 PM.

(CNN) -- A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Guatemala near the country's border with Mexico Sunday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Local agencies offered different assessments of the quake, which occurred at 6:22 a
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Military Service Leaves Culture of War Behind in Guatemala 7/27/2012 10:59:00 PM.

“I feel proud to be a part of this change. Malnutrition cannot be wiped out in just two or three years, but this is the beginning and I want to be a part of it,” says Isabela Tzoc, a civic service volunteer involved in a youth programme aim
...(more)

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),