M 4.8 in Chile on 10 Jan 2016 04:36 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 1078280
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 46.79 Km
Lat/Lon: -36.3605 , -72.6591
Event Date: 10 Jan 2016 04:36 UTC
10 Jan 2016 01:36 Local
Exposed Population:
1638722 people within 100km
Inserted at: 10 Jan 2016 04:57 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
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: 408 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

Geologists find tsunami hazard in eastern Aleutian IslandsThu, 14 Jan 2016 04:09:00 +0100.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Geologists in Alaska have found evidence that a 125-mile section of the eastern Aleutian Islands that was once considered unlikely to generate earthquakes may be a future source of temblors — as well as potentia
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Cei mai periculoşi 10 VULCANI din lume, care ar putea ucide milioane d ... Thu, 14 Jan 2016 01:48:00 +0100.

au realizat o listă a celor mai periculoşi vulcani. 1. Iwo Jima, Japonia. În pericol: Japonia, Filipine, coasta Chinei, Shanghai, Hong Kong. În subsolul insulei japoneză Iwo Jima se află o acumulare de magmă care se dezvoltă continuu şi cre
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Geologists find tsunami hazard in eastern Aleutian IslandsThu, 14 Jan 2016 01:14:00 +0100.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Geologists in Alaska have found evidence that a 125-mile section of the eastern Aleutian Islands that was once considered unlikely to generate earthquakes may be a future source of temblors — as well as potentially
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Geologists find tsunami hazard in eastern Aleutian IslandsThu, 14 Jan 2016 00:59:00 +0100.

The Associated Press. DAN JOLING ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Geologists in Alaska have found evidence that a 125-mile section of the eastern Aleutian Islands that was once considered unlikely to generate earthquakes may be a future source of t
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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),