M 5 in Chile on 02 Mar 2016 09:49 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 1081713
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 32.87 Km
Lat/Lon: -18.6874 , -70.7484
Event Date: 02 Mar 2016 09:49 UTC
02 Mar 2016 04:49 Local
Exposed Population:
456178 people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 Mar 2016 10:09 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: 283 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

Japão recorda vítimas do tsunami de 2011Sun, 06 Mar 2016 09:19:00 +0100.

Algumas localidades do nordeste do Japão recordaram este domingo as vítimas do terramoto e tsunami que atingiu esta região a 11 de março de 2011, dias antes do quinto aniversário da catástrofe. Em Rikuzentakata (Iwate), onde o desastre caus
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Les tristes mais «nécessaires» touristes de FukushimaSun, 06 Mar 2016 08:33:00 +0100.

«À part Tchernobyl, il n’y a pas d’autre lieu au monde que Fukushima pour voir l’horreur d’un accident nucléaire», se désole Shinichi Niitsuma, reconverti en guide touristique dans la zone sinistrée du nord-est du Japon. Alors que les Japon
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Localidades niponas recuerdan a las víctimas del tsunami de hace cinco ... Sun, 06 Mar 2016 08:19:00 +0100.

Tokio, 6 mar (EFE).- Algunas localidades del noreste de Japón recordaron hoy a las víctimas del terremoto y tsunami que golpearon esta región el 11 de marzo de 2011 días antes del quinto aniversario de la tragedia que se conmemorará esta se
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National › Victims remembered in ceremonies before 5th anniversary of ... Sun, 06 Mar 2016 07:56:00 +0100.

SENDAI. Local residents and families of those killed in the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan remembered the victims Sunday in ceremonies held ahead of the fifth anniversary of the disaster. In Rikuzen
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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),