M 6.5 in Chile on 17 Sep 2015 03:55 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 1065844
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.5M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: -31.083 , -71.296
Event Date: 17 Sep 2015 03:55 UTC
17 Sep 2015 00:55 Local
Exposed Population:
266778 people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Sep 2015 05:33 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.6 0.6
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: 415 | About casualties: 27 | Last hour: 0

Chile vuelve a levantarse tras terremoto y tsunamiSat, 19 Sep 2015 14:20:00 +0200.

Los chilenos enfrentaron ayer la tarea de recoger escombros y volver a levantarse tras una catástrofe, esta vez luego del potente terremoto de 8,3 grados y posterior tsunami que dejaron 12 muertos, cinco desaparecidos y afectaron la producc
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Presidente vietnamita manifiesta su pesar a Chile por terremotoSat, 19 Sep 2015 14:12:00 +0200.

El presidente de Vietnam, Truong Tan Sang, transmitió este viernes sus condolencias a su homóloga de Chile, Michelle Bachelet, por las enormes pérdidas humanas y materiales provocadas por el terremoto ocurrido el pasado 17. Con el mismo mot
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Terremoto Cile, le terribili vibrazioni dei pali dell'illuminazione vi ... Sat, 19 Sep 2015 14:11:00 +0200.

Terremoto Cile, le terribili vibrazioni dei pali dell’illuminazione – video Immagini scioccanti in Cile dopo il terremoto 8.3 che ha scosso le regioni centrali del Cile. Il suo epicentro è stato localizzato nei pressi di Illapel, nella regi
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Newswatch: City announces it will reopen Hanauma BaySat, 19 Sep 2015 14:08:00 +0200.

The city Department of Parks and Recreation announced Friday afternoon that Hanauma Bay will reopen Saturday. The bay, situated along Oahu’s southeast shoreline and known for its popular snorkeling area, had been closed since Thursday morni
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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),