M 4.6 in Guatemala on 12 Jun 2013 07:54 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 1000163
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 90.7 Km
Lat/Lon: 14.1265 , -91.394
Event Date: 12 Jun 2013 07:54 UTC
12 Jun 2013 01:54 Local
Exposed Population:
4279885 people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 Jun 2013 10:17 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -1 -1
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Guatemala: Guatemala quake survivors get new homes 5/23/2013 6:14:00 PM.

Source: Tearfund Country: Guatemala Vulnerable people made homeless by the most powerful earthquake to hit Guatemala in 30 years are moving into new homes with help from Tearfund. Last November, more than 50 people died when a quake struck
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20-05-2013 - Guatemala: Damnificados aún viven en albergues 5/20/2013 8:02:00 PM.

Cada noche, el frío del altiplano acongoja a 42 familias que permanecen en el albergue de Nueva Concepción, San Juan Ostuncalco, Quetzaltenango, desde que el terremoto ocurrido el 7 de noviembre del 2012 derribó sus viviendas y el Gobierno
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Daños en escuelas por el terremoto están a la vista 5/14/2013 3:49:00 AM.

Niños y maestros de Quetzaltenango, San Marcos y Suchitepéquez desarrollan sus actividades normales en aulas con rajaduras o boquetes, resultado del terremoto de 7.2 grados que sacudó Guatemala en noviembre de 2012.

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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 (40), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),