M 6.2 in Nicaragua on 12 Oct 2024 17:43 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 1449106
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.2M
Depth: 16 Km
Lat/Lon: 10.487 , -86.1712
Event Date: 12 Oct 2024 17:43 UTC
12 Oct 2024 11:43 Local
Exposed Population: 30 thousand in MMI V
Inserted at: 14 Oct 2024 18:36 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Nicaragua)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us6000nyau Scaled population (raster) 0 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 shakemap 0 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 shakemap 0      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0      
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

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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 (91), (5), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),