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2019
Event Briefing - Earthquake - Nicaragua - March 26, 2019 Event Briefing - Earthquake - Nicaragua - March 26, 2019

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurred at 12:01:48 UTC on 26 March 2019 (06:01:48 local time), 110.2 km (68.5 mi) N of La Libertad, El Salvador; 114.4 km (71.1 mi) NE of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador and 118 km (73.3 mi) NNE of Zacatecoluca, El Salvador. Initial estimates from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) located the epicentre of the event (Figure 1) at 12.496°N, 89.233°W, and at a depth of 10.0 km (6.2 mi).

Event Briefing - Earthquake - Nicaragua - March 24, 2019 Event Briefing - Earthquake - Nicaragua - March 24, 2019

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake occurred at 09:30:02 UTC on 24 March 2019 (03:30:02 local time), 26.9 km (16.7 mi) NE of Nagarote, Nicaragua; 39.1 km (24.3 mi) NNW León, Nicaragua and 44.7 km (27.8 mi) E Ciudad Sandino, Nicaragua. Initial estimates from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) located the epicentre of the event (Figure 1) at 12.107°N, 86.752°W, and at a depth of 95.7 km (59.5 mi).

Event Briefing - Earthquake - Nicaragua - January 15, 2019 Event Briefing - Earthquake - Nicaragua - January 15, 2019

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake occurred at 03:41:04 UTC on 15 January 2019 (14 January 2019 21:41:04 local time), 56.7 km (35.2 mi) NNE of Masachapa, Nicaragua; 65.4 km (40.6 mi) NNE of San Rafael del Sur, Nicaragua and 75.9 km (47.1 mi) NNE of Diriamba, Nicaragua.

2018
Event Briefing - Excess Rainfall - Covered Area Rainfall Event - Trinidad - November 15-16, 2018 Event Briefing - Excess Rainfall - Covered Area Rainfall Event - Trinidad - November 15-16, 2018

An active Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) produced prolonged periods of rain/showers and thunderstorm activity over Trinidad and Tobago between 14 and 16 November 2018, generating adverse weather mainly over the East and South of Trinidad. This event briefing describes the impact on the island of Trinidad which was affected by heavy precipitation during this period.

Event Briefing - Excess Rainfall - Covered Area Rainfall Event - Trinidad - October 18-20, 2018 Event Briefing - Excess Rainfall - Covered Area Rainfall Event - Trinidad - October 18-20, 2018

An active Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) produced prolonged periods of rain/showers and thunderstorm activity over Trinidad and Tobago. According to Government officials, due to adverse weather, Trinidad received a full month’s worth of rain during two days (October 18 and 19) alone.
 

Event Briefing - Excess Rainfall - Covered Area Rainfall Event - Nicaragua - October 4-9, 2018 Event Briefing - Excess Rainfall - Covered Area Rainfall Event - Nicaragua - October 4-9, 2018

In the first days of October the Nicaraguan Institute of Territorial Studies (in Spanish: Instituto Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales), indicated that the country remained under the simultaneous influence of two low pressure systems: one located in the Caribbean Sea near the northern border between Nicaragua and Honduras and the other in the Pacific Ocean west of San Juan de Sur.

Event Briefing - Earthquake - Haiti - October 7 2018 Event Briefing - Earthquake - Haiti - October 7 2018

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake occurred at 00:11:49 UTC on 7 October 2018, (6 October 2018 19:11:50 local time and date), 18.7 km (11.6 mi) SE of Port-de-Paix, Nord-Ouest department, Haiti; 19 km (11.8 mi) SE of Ti Port-de-Paix, Nord-Ouest, Haiti and 72.2 km (44.9 mi) SSE of Gonayiv, Artibonite, Haiti.

Event Briefing - Tropical Storm Kirk Excess Rainfall - Covered Area Rainfall Event - Barbados - September 28-29, 2018 Event Briefing - Tropical Storm Kirk Excess Rainfall - Covered Area Rainfall Event - Barbados - September 28-29, 2018

Kirk was the 12th named tropical cyclone in the 2018 Atlantic Hurricane Season. It formed as a tropical storm over the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean on 22 September 2018 at 1500UTC. Along its movement toward the east north-east, it was downgraded to an open trough on 24 September at 1500UTC and regenerated as a tropical storm on 26 September at 0900UTC.

Event Briefing - TC Kirk - Wind and Storm Surge - September 30, 2018 Event Briefing - TC Kirk - Wind and Storm Surge - September 30, 2018

Kirk was the 12th tropical cyclone in the 2018 Atlantic Hurricane Season. It formed as a tropical storm over the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean on 22 September 2018 at 1500UTC. Along its movement toward the east north-east, it was downgraded to an open trough on 24 September at 1500UTC and regenerated as a tropical storm on 26 September at 0900UTC. Kirk presented a strong vertical sheared shape, with the maximum winds at the north and east of the centre.

Event Briefing - Earthquake - Haiti - September 23 2018 Event Briefing - Earthquake - Haiti - September 23 2018

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake occurred at 05:45:50 UTC on 23 September 2018, (01:45:50 local time), at 3.3 km (2.0 mi) NW of Villa Elisa, Dominican Republic; 28.2 km (17.5 mi) NW of Mao, Dominican Republic and 26.0 km (16.2 mi) NNE of Sabaneta, Dominican Republic.