M 4.9 in El Salvador on 22 Aug 2014 02:07 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 1038409
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 70.89 Km
Lat/Lon: 12.64 , -88.22
Event Date: 22 Aug 2014 02:07 UTC
21 Aug 2014 20:07 Local
Exposed Population:
1004309 people within 100km
Inserted at: 22 Aug 2014 02:30 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -0.9 -0.9
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: 245 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

Strong 6.4-magnitude quake jolts central Chile, no tsunami riskSun, 24 Aug 2014 03:55:00 +0200.

August 24, 2014 9:19 AM SANTIAGO (AFP) - A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake jolted central Chile on Saturday, officials said, though there were no immediate reports of fatalities or serious damage.
Erdbeben in Chile ohne Opfer oder SchädenSun, 24 Aug 2014 03:38:00 +0200.

. Ein Erdbeben der Stärke 6,2 hat die Region rund um die chilenische Hafenstadt Valparaíso erschüttert. Das Zentrum des Erdstoßes heute Früh lag 37 Kilometer nördlich von Valparaíso in einer Tiefe von rund 40 Kilometern, wie das seismologis
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Strong 6.4-magnitude quake jolts central Chile: USGSSun, 24 Aug 2014 03:37:00 +0200.

A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake jolted central Chile on Saturday, officials said, though there were no immediate reports of fatalities or serious da
Terremoto de 6,4 graus Richter abala centro do ChileSun, 24 Aug 2014 03:36:00 +0200.

Um forte terremoto de 6,4 graus Richter abalou o centro do Chile, neste sábado, mas ainda não há informações sobre vítimas, ou danos materiais graves - informou o Escritório Nacional de Emergência (Onemi). O sismo aconteceu às 18h35 (19h35
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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),