Overall Green Earthquake alert in Central Chile on 18 Sep 2015 18:20 UTC

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M 4.7 in Central Chile on 18 Sep 2015 18:20 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 1066135
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.7M
Depth:	62.95 Km
Lat/Lon:	-28.2405 , -70.9105
Event Date:	18 Sep 2015 18:20 UTC 18 Sep 2015 15:20 Local
Exposed Population:	About 80153 people within 100km
Inserted at:	18 Sep 2015 18:48 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

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Latest media headlines

Ultimas Noticias 9/18/2015 5:17:00 AM.

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Solidaridad y condolencias por víctimas de terremoto en Chile expresa .. 9/18/2015 5:12:00 AM.

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Leer más: Vigilia en casi todo Chile por tsunami y terremoto 9/18/2015 4:49:00 AM.

La madrugada será larga y tortuosa en la mayor parte de Chile y muchos apenas podrán conciliar el sueño: un terremoto de 8,4 grados en la escala de Richter dejó terribles secuelas al país austral. Al momento de escribir esta nota, vuelvo a

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El temblor, en imágenes 9/18/2015 4:46:00 AM.

La ola posterior al terremoto. Vista de os destrozos causados por el tsunami que siguió al terremoto que este miércoles por la noche sufrió Chile, en la localidad costera de Con Con, cerca de Valparaiso. (Marcelo Hernández / EFE) Un terr

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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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),

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