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Although reported as 'near a populated area', we do not have propagation data, and as of Q+12hrs, there has been no report of casualties or damage on land. It is probably a low frequency subsidence quake with shallow P wave. It is 8km to a shallow shore, & 54km to nearest 'major' port. ... earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/pager/events/us/2010rqb... indicates damage risk is very light to a wide spread population of about 50 thousand.
Information from GDACS: "On 1/18/2010 3:40:27 PM UTC an earthquake of magnitude 5.8 and depth 54.8km has struck an highly populated area in the Santa Rosa Province (population: 0.3 million) in Guatemala. GDACS estimates the likelihood for need of international humanitarian intervention to be medium (Orange alert).
This earthquake can have a medium humanitarian impact since the affected region is highly{?} populated and has medium resilience for natural disasters.
The earthquake 105km from the city of Antigua Antigua. The nearest populated places are Barra de la Gabina (18km), San Pedro (15km), Astillero (17km). It is a mountainous region with a maximum altitude of 3393 m."
(This is near populated areas - no damage / injury reports yet.)
== PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==
***This event supersedes event AT00382923.
Region: NEAR the SW COAST OF GUATEMALA
Geographic coordinates: 13.813N, 90.203W
Magnitude: 6.0 Mw
Depth: 103 km
Universal Time (UTC): 18 Jan 2010 15:40:32
Time near the Epicenter: 18 Jan 2010 09:40:32
Local standard time in your area: 18 Jan 2010 15:40:32
Location with respect to nearby cities:
39 km (24 miles) WSW (251 degrees) of Ahuachapán, Ahuachapán, El Salvador
52 km (32 miles) W (281 degrees) of Sonsonate, Sonsonate, El Salvador
53 km (33 miles) SSE (167 degrees) of Cuilapa, Santa Rosa, Guatemala
75 km (46 miles) WSW (254 degrees) of Santa Ana, Santa Ana, El Salvador
97 km (60 miles) SSE (160 degrees) of GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala
event ID : US 2010rqb3
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/dyfi/events/us/2010rqb3...
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