M 5.9 in Chile on 22 Feb 2016 06:37 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 1081091
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 10.15 Km
Lat/Lon: -30.4623 , -72.063
Event Date: 22 Feb 2016 06:37 UTC
22 Feb 2016 01:37 Local
Exposed Population: 390000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 22 Feb 2016 07:00 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 469 | About casualties: 7 | Last hour: 0

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Tokio, 26 feb.- La operadora de la central nuclear nipona de Fukushima prevé contener las filtraciones de agua dentro de los edificios de los reactores dañados para 2020, lo que frenaría la acumulación de líquido radiactivo en la central, s
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Für mehr Transparenz in der Internationalen Atomenergie-Organisation s ... Fri, 26 Feb 2016 04:57:00 +0100.

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How two schools used the Japanese tsunami to forgeFri, 26 Feb 2016 02:31:00 +0100.

26.02.2016 - 01:36 Uhr How two schools used the Japanese tsunami to forge a special bond. After big waves and later a boat from Japan’s stricken coast washed up in Crescent City, Calif., a tie was forged.
Colusión del papel confort: Revelan nuevas declaraciones de ejecutivos ... Fri, 26 Feb 2016 01:53:00 +0100.

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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 (48), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),