M 5.1 in Chile on 23 May 2015 12:54 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 1055633
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 124.18 Km
Lat/Lon: -18.4715 , -69.328
Event Date: 23 May 2015 12:54 UTC
23 May 2015 09:54 Local
Exposed Population:
189174 people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 May 2015 13:15 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -0.9 -0.9
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 778 | About casualties: 110 | Last hour: 0

Fukushima termina de depurar todo el agua radiactiva almacenadaWed, 27 May 2015 12:52:00 +0200.

El operador de la accidentada central atómica de Fukushima ha logrado depurar las 620.000 toneladas de agua radiactiva almacenadas en tanques en la planta y que suponen uno de los principales desafíos para desmantelarla, según confirmó hoy
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Fukushima depura el agua radiactiva almacenadaWed, 27 May 2015 12:45:00 +0200.

Tokio (EFE).- El operador de la accidentada central atómica de Fukushima ha logrado depurar las 620 mil toneladas de agua radiactiva almacenadas en tanques en la planta y que suponen uno de los principales desafíos para desmantelarla, según
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Da Fukushima a Reggio Emilia per studiare le cooperativeWed, 27 May 2015 12:37:00 +0200.

COLLAGNA. Una delegazione di studiosi giapponesi provenienti dall'area di Fukushima, colpita dallo tsunami alcuni anni fa, ha visitato numerose cooperative ed ha avuto incontri con i loro dirigenti. La delegazione ha effettuato una fitta se
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Terremoto alla Fifa: accuse di corruzione dagli Usa, arresti in Svizze ... Wed, 27 May 2015 12:32:00 +0200.

(Di mercoledì 27 maggio 2015) Un vero e proprio Terremoto per il calcio mondiale. Il Dipartimento di giustizia degli Stati Uniti sta per formalizzare l'accusa di corruzione nei confronti dei vertici della Fifa . Fino a 14 persone - secondo
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),