M 5.9 in Chile on 24 Dec 2023 03:23 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 1407432
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 11.8 Km
Lat/Lon: -38.0756 , -73.8819
Event Date: 24 Dec 2023 03:23 UTC
23 Dec 2023 22:23 Local
Exposed Population: 10 thousand in MMI V
Inserted at: 24 Dec 2023 03:43 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Chile)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000ll6h Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. 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)

Latest media headlines

Weak mag. 3.9 earthquake - 28 km southeast of Vallenar, Huasco, Atacam.. 12/27/2023 7:55:00 PM.

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Vallenar, a town with 44,900 inhabitants in , in 29 km (18 mi) distance northwest of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking shaking there. In
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
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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 (48), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),