PAGER - M 5.4 - OFFSHORE GUATEMALA

Alert level does not include impacts from earthquake-related hazards such as tsunamis, landslides, fires or liquefaction.

Earthquake Shaking Alert Level: GREEN

Download Alert PDF What's this?Monday, December 3rd, 2012 at 23:58:35 UTC (17:58:35 local)Location: 14.2° N, 92.4° WDepth: 35kmEvent Id: USC000E3IGAlert Version: 7Created: 4 weeks, 0 days after earthquake.

Alert Information

Green alert for shaking-related fatalities and economic losses. There is a low likelihood of casualties and damage.

Estimated Fatalities

ESTIMATED FATALITY ALERT: GREEN
ESTIMATED FATALITIES (LEVEL)	Probability (%)
0 (GREEN)	99
1 to 9 (YELLOW)	1
10 to 99 (YELLOW)	0
100 to 999 (ORANGE)	0
1 to 10 thousand (RED)	0
10 to 100 thousand (RED)	0
100 thousand + (RED)	0

Estimated Economic Losses

ESTIMATED ECONOMIC ALERT: GREEN
ESTIMATED VALUE IN USD (LEVEL)	Probability (%)
0 to 1 million (GREEN)	99
1 to 10 million (YELLOW)	1
10 to 100 million (YELLOW)	0
100 million to 1 billion (ORANGE)	0
1 to 10 billion (RED)	0
10 to 100 billion (RED)	0
100 billion + (RED)	0

Detailed Information

Estimated Population Exposed to Earthquake Shaking
Estimated Modified Mercalli Intensity		I	II-III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX	X
Est. Population Exposure		---*	10,335k*	1,417k	0	0	0	0	0	0
Perceived Shaking		Not Felt	Weak	Light	Moderate	Strong	Very Strong	Severe	Violent	Extreme
Potential Structure Damage	Resistant	none	none	none	V. Light	Light	Moderate	Moderate/Heavy	Heavy	V. Heavy
Potential Structure Damage	Vulnerable	none	none	none	Light	Moderate	Moderate/Heavy	Heavy	V. Heavy	V. Heavy

*Estimated exposure only includes population within calculated shake map area

Population Exposure
Population per ~1 sq. km. from LandScan

Structure Information Summary

Overall, the population in this region resides in structures that are vulnerable to earthquake shaking, though some resistant structures exist.

Historical Earthquakes (with MMI)

Date (UTC)	Dist (km)	Mag	Max MMI (#)	Shaking Deaths
1976-02-04	217	5.4	V (2m)	0
1978-07-29	163	4.9	VII (14k)	17
1976-02-04	369	7.5	IX (80k)	22778

Recent earthquakes in this area have caused secondary hazards such as landslides and fires that might have contributed to losses.

Selected Cities Exposedfrom GeoNames Database of Cities with 1,000 or more residents.

MMI	City	Population
IV	Suchiate	14k
IV	Ocos	9k
IV	La Libertad	4k
IV	Ciudad Tecun Uman	11k
IV	Champerico	8k
IV	Puerto Madero	10k
IV	Tapachula	198k
III	Guatemala City	995k
III	Petapa	141k
III	Villa Nueva	407k
III	Mixco	473k

(k = x1,000)

Nearby Events in the EXPO-CAT Earthquake Catalog
#	Date/Time	Mag	Lat, Lon, Depth	Country	Max MMI (Exposed)	Deaths		Secondary Effects
#	Date/Time	Mag	Lat, Lon, Depth	Country	Max MMI (Exposed)	Shaking	Total	Secondary Effects
1	1973-06-07 18:34 UTC	5.7	14.42° N, 91.72° W 32km	GT	VII (150 k)	0	0
2	1975-11-05 17:04 UTC	5	16.9° N, 92.82° W 12km	MX	VII (515)	1	1
3	1976-02-04 09:01 UTC	7.5	15.3° N, 89.15° W 13km	GT	IX (80 k)	22778	22778	tsunami
4	1976-02-04 09:30 UTC	5.4	14.81° N, 90.47° W 60km	GT	V (2,086 k)	0	0
5	1976-03-13 16:30 UTC	5.4	14.73° N, 91.01° W 15km	GT	VII (43 k)	4	4	landslide
6	1977-09-10 10:21 UTC	5.5	13.96° N, 91.67° W 25km	GT	VII (15 k)	0	0
7	1978-02-22 06:07 UTC	6.3	14.27° N, 91.4° W 67km	GT	VII (121 k)	2	2
8	1978-07-29 14:37 UTC	4.9	14.76° N, 90.99° W 15km	GT	VII (14 k)	17	17
9	1978-08-18 15:35 UTC	6.2	14.34° N, 91.47° W 83km	GT	VI (453 k)	0	0
10	1979-10-09 07:49 UTC	5	14.2° N, 90.33° W 15km	GT	VII (7)	0	0	landslide
11	1979-10-27 14:35 UTC	6.8	13.83° N, 90.84° W 62km	GT	VIII (18 k)	7	7
12	1979-10-27 21:43 UTC	6.8	13.76° N, 90.72° W 64km	GT	VIII (54 k)	0	0
13	1982-04-06 15:49 UTC	5.8	14.22° N, 91.93° W 25km	GT	VIII (102)	0	0
14	1982-04-06 19:56 UTC	6.7	14.27° N, 92.02° W 45km	GT	VII (340 k)	0	0
15	1982-06-19 06:21 UTC	7.3	13.34° N, 89.31° W 73km	SV	VIII (220 k)	43	43	landslide
16	1982-09-29 05:50 UTC	5.6	14.49° N, 89.1° W 14km	HN	VIII (5)	3	3
17	1983-01-24 08:17 UTC	6.8	16.13° N, 95.24° W 49km	MX	VIII (62 k)	0	0
18	1983-01-24 13:04 UTC	5.5	16° N, 95.28° W 42km	MX	VI (120 k)	0	0
19	1983-02-05 23:41 UTC	5.7	15.98° N, 95.28° W 25km	MX	VII (83 k)	0	0
20	1983-02-22 09:36 UTC	5.6	16.07° N, 95.28° W 32km	MX	VII (91 k)	0	0
21	1983-12-02 03:09 UTC	7	14.06° N, 91.91° W 35km	GT	VIII (78 k)	0	0
22	1985-10-11 03:39 UTC	4.5	15.3° N, 90.86° W 5km	GT	VI (14 k)	0	0
23	1986-10-10 17:49 UTC	5.7	13.8° N, 89.16° W 11km	SV	VIII (30 k)	950	1500	landslide
24	1988-11-03 14:47 UTC	6.6	13.91° N, 90.5° W 76km	GT	VII (143 k)	5	5	landslide
25	1991-06-21 06:27 UTC	5.8	13.41° N, 89.64° W 71km	SV	VI (14 k)	0	1	fire
26	1991-09-18 09:48 UTC	6.2	14.61° N, 90.93° W 11km	GT	IX (9 k)	25	25	landslide
27	1993-09-03 03:16 UTC	5.5	14.54° N, 92.68° W 23km	MX	VI (68 k)	0	0
28	1993-09-03 12:35 UTC	6.7	14.6° N, 92.78° W 27km	MX	VIII (2)	0	0
29	1993-09-10 19:12 UTC	7.2	14.76° N, 92.64° W 34km	MX	VIII (6 k)	1	1	landslide
30	1993-09-19 14:10 UTC	6.4	14.31° N, 93.32° W 19km	MX	V (836 k)	0	0
31	1993-09-30 18:27 UTC	6.5	15.18° N, 94.85° W 25km	MX	V (291 k)	0	0
32	1995-12-19 20:56 UTC	5.3	15.18° N, 90.17° W 15km	GT	VII (659)	0	1	landslide
33	1996-08-27 02:12 UTC	5.7	13.54° N, 91.31° W 43km	GT	VI (5 k)	0	0
34	1997-08-24 00:59 UTC	5.6	13.39° N, 89.42° W 38km	SV	VII (15 k)	0	0
35	1998-01-10 08:20 UTC	6.6	14.45° N, 91.52° W 74km	GT	VII (641 k)	0	0	landslide
36	1998-03-03 02:24 UTC	6.1	14.45° N, 91.35° W 44km	GT	VII (443 k)	0	0
37	1998-05-10 06:05 UTC	6.3	13.72° N, 90.81° W 25km	GT	VII (39 k)	0	0
38	1999-05-08 22:12 UTC	6	14.19° N, 91.9° W 40km	GT	VII (239 k)	0	0
39	1999-06-06 07:08 UTC	6.2	13.91° N, 90.75° W 35km	GT	VII (251 k)	0	0
40	2001-01-15 05:09 UTC	5.6	13.17° N, 88.83° W 39km	SV	VII (10 k)	0	0
41	2001-02-13 14:22 UTC	6.5	13.6° N, 89° W 11km	SV	IX (608 k)	315	315	landslide
42	2001-02-17 20:25 UTC	4.1	13.79° N, 89.11° W 10km	SV	VI (5)	1	1	landslide
43	2001-03-29 06:54 UTC	5.7	12.98° N, 88.94° W 40km	SV	VI (71 k)	0	0
44	2001-05-08 18:02 UTC	5.7	13.53° N, 88.83° W 26km	SV	VII (562 k)	1	1	landslide
45	2001-08-10 05:43 UTC	5.4	14.17° N, 91.99° W 23km	GT	VII (24 k)	0	0
46	2002-11-09 00:14 UTC	6	13.67° N, 91.27° W 18km	GT	VI (27 k)	0	0
47	2003-01-21 02:46 UTC	6.4	13.62° N, 90.85° W 24km	GT	VII (149 k)	0	1
48	2004-11-20 22:01 UTC	6.3	13.38° N, 90.14° W 41km	SV	VII (160 k)	0	0
49	2007-06-08 15:08 UTC	5.5	13.64° N, 90.8° W 38km	GT	VI (65 k)	0	0
50	2007-06-13 19:29 UTC	6.7	13.56° N, 90.66° W 23km	GT	VI (332 k)	0	0

MMI	City	Population
IV	Suchiate	14k
IV	Ocos	9k
IV	La Libertad	4k
IV	Ciudad Tecun Uman	11k
IV	Champerico	8k
IV	Puerto Madero	10k
IV	Mazatan	6k
IV	Frontera Hidalgo	3k
IV	Pajapita	8k
IV	Alvaro Obregon	5k
IV	Catarina	3k
IV	Tapachula	198k
IV	Retalhuleu	37k
IV	Genova	4k
IV	Coatepeque	46k
IV	El Asintal	6k
IV	Nuevo San Carlos	19k
IV	San Lorenzo	2k
IV	Malacatan	15k
IV	San Sebastian	15k
IV	Pueblo Nuevo Tiquisate	18k
IV	Santo Domingo Suchitepequez	6k
IV	Tuxtla Chico	7k
III	Flores Costa Cuca	12k
III	Veinte de Noviembre	4k
III	Santa Cruz Mulua	3k
III	Cacahoatan	14k
III	San Pablo	14k
III	Nueva Concepcion	11k
III	El Rodeo	2k
III	Huehuetan	7k
III	San Jose El Idolo	2k
III	San Andres Villa Seca	5k
III	Cuyotenango	11k
III	San Martin Zapotitlan	4k
III	San Felipe	9k
III	Nuevo Progreso	8k
III	Villa Comaltitlan	8k
III	Huixtla	29k
III	San Gabriel	4k
III	El Quetzal	12k
III	El Palmar	15k
III	San Miguel Siguila	8k
III	San Francisco Zapotitlan	14k
III	Mazatenango	44k
III	El Tumbador	8k
III	Rio Bravo	8k
III	La Reforma	5k
III	Colomba	19k
III	San Bernardino	6k
III	Acapetagua	6k
III	San Pablo Jocopilas	20k
III	San Rafael Pie de La Cuesta	4k
III	San Antonio Suchitepequez	11k
III	Salcaja	12k
III	San Miguel Panan	2k
III	La Esperanza	16k
III	Cajola	3k
III	Zunilito	3k
III	Pueblo Nuevo	3k
III	La Gomera	24k
III	San Marcos	25k
III	Samayac	9k
III	Tejutla	3k
III	San Pedro Sacatepequez	40k
III	Cantel	26k
III	Palestina de los Altos	2k
III	Ostuncalco	29k
III	Santa Barbara	13k
III	San Carlos Sija	7k
III	San Mateo	6k
III	Mapastepec	16k
III	Santa Maria Visitacion	1k
III	San Martin Sacatepequez	4k
III	Santo Tomas La Union	7k
III	San Juan Bautista	3k
III	San Cristobal Totonicapan	4k
III	Patulul	14k
III	Escuintla	9k
III	San Cristobal Cucho	9k
III	Esquipulas Palo Gordo	2k
III	Chicacao	20k
III	Concepcion Chiquirichapa	8k
III	Acacoyagua	6k
III	Totonicapan	70k
III	Tacana	6k
III	Sibilia	1k
III	San Francisco La Union	1k
III	Santa Cruz del Quiche	24k
III	Comitancillo	20k
III	San Andres Xecul	12k
III	La Democracia	5k
III	Iztapa	4k
III	Momostenango	32k
III	San Lucas Toliman	15k
III	Quetzaltenango	132k
III	Puerto San Jose	19k
III	Sibinal	2k
III	San Sebastian Huehuetenango	1k
III	San Antonio Sacatepequez	2k
III	Huitan	10k
III	Tajumulco	4k
III	Santiago Atitlan	33k
III	Santa Lucia Cotzumalguapa	62k
III	San Francisco El Alto	54k
III	Santa Maria Chiquimula	7k
III	Masagua	10k
III	Malacatancito	2k
III	Zunil	10k
III	Nahuala	28k
III	Almolonga	12k
III	Frontera Comalapa	15k
III	San Pablo La Laguna	6k
III	San Miguel Ixtahuacan	4k
III	San Marcos La Laguna	3k
III	Patzite	1k
III	Ixchiguan	2k
III	San Antonio Ilotenango	2k
III	Patzun	19k
III	Colotenango	2k
III	San Juan La Laguna	5k
III	San Bartolo	1k
III	Santa Cruz La Laguna	1k
III	San Jose Ojetenan	1k
III	Pochuta	4k
III	Huehuetenango	79k
III	El Tejar	16k
III	Santa Ana Huista	2k
III	Cabrican	12k
III	Chicomuselo	5k
III	Santa Lucia La Reforma	1k
III	Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan	15k
III	Patzicia	16k
III	Santa Clara La Laguna	5k
III	Panajachel	13k
III	Chiantla	8k
III	Santa Cruz Balanya	8k
III	Concepcion Tutuapa	1k
III	San Pedro La Laguna	10k
III	San Pedro Jocopilas	1k
III	Ixtahuacan	4k
III	Chiche	2k
III	Motozintla de Mendoza	19k
III	Santa Lucia Utatlan	1k
III	Escuintla	103k
III	Cuilco	2k
III	Comalapa	21k
III	Yepocapa	9k
III	San Miguel Duenas	8k
III	San Jose Poaquil	6k
III	Guatemala City	995k
III	Chinique	3k
III	Aguacatan	6k
III	Acatenango	7k
III	Tres Picos	5k
III	Santiago Chimaltenango	3k
III	Santa Catarina Barahona	3k
III	Parramos	10k
III	Concepcion	3k
III	Ciudad Vieja	30k
III	Chimaltenango	82k
III	Pijijiapan	15k
III	Tecpan Guatemala	22k
III	San Pedro Necta	4k
III	San Bartolome Jocotenango	2k
III	Fraijanes	28k
III	Solola	45k
III	Petapa	141k
III	Antigua Guatemala	39k
III	Santa Apolonia	2k
III	San Martin Jilotepeque	10k
III	Sumpango	21k
III	Santa Catarina Palopo	3k
III	Zaragoza	9k
III	San Antonio Palopo	4k
III	San Andres Semetabaj	3k
III	Guanagazapa	3k
III	Nueva Palestina	8k
III	Chichicastenango	80k
III	San Lucas Sacatepequez	18k
III	San Juan Atitan	2k
III	Nenton	3k
III	Joyabaj	13k
III	Amatitlan	72k
III	San Pedro Sacatepequez	14k
III	Villa Nueva	407k
III	San Antonio Aguas Calientes	8k
III	San Rafael Petzal	2k
III	Pastores	10k
III	Palin	31k
III	La Libertad	6k
III	Villa Canales	122k
III	Cubulco	10k
III	San Raimundo	9k
III	San Andres Itzapa	19k
III	Magdalena Milpas Altas	6k
III	Alotenango	17k
III	Paredon	6k
III	Taxisco	7k
III	Santa Lucia Milpas Altas	13k
III	San Vicente Pacaya	7k
III	Santo Domingo Xenacoj	9k
III	Santiago Sacatepequez	24k
III	Nebaj	23k
III	Chinautla	97k
III	Todos Santos Cuchumatan	3k
III	San Juan Sacatepequez	137k
III	San Andres Sajcabaja	2k
III	Jocotenango	18k
III	Jacaltenango	34k
III	Chiquimulilla	13k
III	Mixco	473k
III	Canilla	2k
III	Soloma	11k
III	Santa Eulalia	5k
III	San Pedro Ayampuc	47k
III	San Juan Cotzal	11k
III	San Antonio Huista	6k
III	Concepcion	9k
III	San Juan Ixcoy	3k
III	San Bartolome Milpas Altas	6k
III	Pachalum	2k
III	El Chol	2k
III	Santa Maria de Jesus	16k
III	Pueblo Nuevo Vinas	4k
III	Chajul	12k
III	Santa Catarina Pinula	68k
II	San Rafael La Independencia	1k
II	Cunen	8k
II	Sacapulas	12k
II	Guazacapan	7k
II	San Miguel Acatan	3k
II	San Miguel Chicaj	14k
II	San Jose Pinula	47k
II	Tonala	33k
II	Zacualpa	9k
II	San Jose del Golfo	5k
II	Angel Albino Corzo	9k
II	Santa Cruz Verapaz	6k
II	San Pedro Buenavista	8k
II	San Cristobal Verapaz	20k
II	Chuarrancho	7k
II	Santa Cruz Naranjo	6k
II	San Mateo Ixtatan	13k
II	Uspantan	5k
II	Barillas	14k
II	Rabinal	11k
II	Chicaman	2k
II	San Luis Ixcan	8k

(k = x1,000)

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