M 5 in Chile on 28 Jan 2017 01:27 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 1104233
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 50.58 Km
Lat/Lon: -19.9674 , -70.0311
Event Date: 28 Jan 2017 01:27 UTC
27 Jan 2017 22:27 Local
Exposed Population:
300000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Jan 2017 01:45 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3 (Chile)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
us10007vw0 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Chile: Raging forest fires force mass evacuations in Dichato 2/1/2017 12:17:00 AM.

A huge forest fire forced the evacuation of Dichato's residents, Tuesday, as another blaze ravages central Chile. Reports released Sunday indicated that out of some 130 active fires reported nationally, 50 were under control, while firefigh
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Chile begins to rebuild in wake of massive forest fires 1/31/2017 11:48:00 PM.

SANTIAGO, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Chilean President Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday said her government will make all efforts to begin reconstruction and recovery process following the massive forest fires in the country. "We have identified vario
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Chile begins to rebuild in wake of massive forest fires 1/31/2017 11:45:00 PM.

SANTIAGO, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Chilean President Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday said her government will make all efforts to begin reconstruction and recovery process following the massive forest fires in the country. "We have identified vario
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México entrega ayuda a damnificados de 'terremoto de fuego' en Chile 1/31/2017 11:45:00 PM.

Concepción (Chile), (Notimex).- México entregó hoy ayuda humanitaria a los damnificados por el denominado “terremoto de fuego” en esta ciudad, capital de la Región del Biobío, distante 520 kilómetros al sur de Santiago. El embajador de Méxi
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),