M 4.9 in West Chile Rise on 19 Mar 2016 18:36 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 1082807
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 14.3 Km
Lat/Lon: -37.2727 , -94.7398
Event Date: 19 Mar 2016 18:36 UTC
19 Mar 2016 12:36 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 19 Mar 2016 18:57 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  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 659 | About casualties: 16 | Last hour: 0

Surviving natural disasters like an avalanche and and a hurricane reve ... Wed, 23 Mar 2016 17:46:00 +0100.

Modern-day warning systems greatly improve the chance of survival from these type of natural disaster, although not everybody will clear the danger zone effectively. 'Get indoors, preferably in a cellar or a shelter below the ground,' says
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4.1 quake near LiopetriWed, 23 Mar 2016 17:45:00 +0100.

A 4.1 earthquake on the Richter scale was recorded on Tuesday night at the Liopetri area in Famagusta, the geological survey department said in an announcement. The earthquake’s epicentre was Liopetri, the announcement said, 10 km west of P
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Surviving natural disasters like an avalanche and and a hurricane reve ... Wed, 23 Mar 2016 17:36:00 +0100.

Modern-day warning systems greatly improve the chance of survival from these type of natural disaster, although not everybody will clear the danger zone effectively. 'Get indoors, preferably in a cellar or a shelter below the ground,' says
...(more)
Wildfire Burns Across Thousands of Acres in Kansas, OklahomaWed, 23 Mar 2016 17:26:00 +0100.

Authorities say a wildfire that started in and spread into Kansas has burned tens of thousands of acres of rural land. The National Weather Service says the fire started Tuesday night near the Kansas border in Woods County, Oklahoma. Wind g
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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), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),