M 5.5 in Chile on 01 Dec 2018 23:55 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 1163971
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -33.9375 , -72.3453
Event Date: 01 Dec 2018 23:55 UTC
01 Dec 2018 18:55 Local
Exposed Population: 240000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 Dec 2018 00:12 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3 (Chile)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000i02j Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -1.16  
  C2 shakemap 0.54  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.75  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 171 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Magnitude 5.5 earthquake sways buildings in Chile's capitalWed, 05 Dec 2018 23:26:00 +0100.

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake swayed buildings in the Chilean capital of Santiago on Wednesday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injury. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake hit at 2:12 p.m. local time (12:12 p.m. EST; 171
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Registran fuerte sismo en el centro de ChileWed, 05 Dec 2018 23:22:00 +0100.

SANTIAGO DE CHILE (AP) — Un sismo de magnitud 5.5 sacudió este miércoles el centro de Chile y se sintió particularmente en los edificios de la capital, hasta el momento no hay reporte de daños ni víctimas. De acuerdo con el Servicio Geológi
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Sismo de 5,2 remece el centro de ChileWed, 05 Dec 2018 22:17:00 +0100.

Un sismo de magnitud 5,2 remeció el miércoles el centro chilen o y se sintió particularmente en los edificios de la capital sin que hasta el momento se hayan reportado daños ni víctimas. NOTA RELACIONADA: Detienen a un sospechoso por la mue
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Magnitude 5.5 earthquake sways buildings in SantiagoWed, 05 Dec 2018 21:55:00 +0100.

SANTIAGO: A magnitude 5.5 earthquake swayed buildings in the Chilean capital of Santiago on Wednesday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injury. The US Geological Survey says the quake hit at 2:12 p.m. local time (12:12 p.m.
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),