M 4.8 in Near Coast Of Northern Chile on 21 Jul 2014 00:21 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 1036372
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 21.84 Km
Lat/Lon: -20.13 , -70.63
Event Date: 21 Jul 2014 00:21 UTC
20 Jul 2014 19:21 Local
Exposed Population:
232324 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Jul 2014 08:15 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 196 | About casualties: 20 | Last hour: 0

Fukushima report urges U.S. plant operators to take heedFri, 25 Jul 2014 00:15:00 +0200.

Finer understanding of risk from natural hazards is critical to averting future nuclear disasters
NMI to use new device for tsunami responseThu, 24 Jul 2014 23:24:00 +0200.

A NEW Pacific Tsunami Warning Center domestic device that will help emergency responders determine if a tsunami threat is strong will be available in the CNMI soon, according to Juan Camacho, monitoring program manager for CNMI Homeland Sec
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USA: les installations nucléaires pas assez préparées en cas de désast ... Thu, 24 Jul 2014 22:49:00 +0200.

Washington - Les installations nucléaires américaines doivent mieux se préparer à faire face à d'éventuelles catastrophes naturelles comme des tremblements de terre, des tsunamis ou des inondations, révèle un rapport rendu public...
Tepco admite grande vazamento de pó radioativo de FukushimaThu, 24 Jul 2014 22:33:00 +0200.

A companhia administradora da usina não tinha se manifestado publicamente até ser interpelada pelo Ministério da Agricultura, em março Tóquio - A companhia administradora da usina de Fukushima, Tepco, admitiu que grandes quantidades de pó
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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),