M 4.5 in Chile on 28 Sep 2014 09:49 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 1040547
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 125.59 Km
Lat/Lon: -21.88 , -68.67
Event Date: 28 Sep 2014 09:49 UTC
28 Sep 2014 06:49 Local
Exposed Population:
151675 people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Sep 2014 10:15 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC n.a n.a
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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 236 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

World: New information products to improve response to tsunamis in the ... Thu, 02 Oct 2014 08:41:00 +0200.

Source: UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Country: World The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) will retire its current warning and watch services and replace them with enhanced tsunami information products on 1 Octobe
...(more)
Misleading ‘qanun’Thu, 02 Oct 2014 07:57:00 +0200.

The National Commission on Violence against Women is pushing for the annulment of the new Criminal Code bylaw passed last week in Aceh, as the commission says it does not provide protection for victims, mainly victims of rape including mino
...(more)
Simulacro nocturno de sismo y tsunami será el jueves 9Thu, 02 Oct 2014 04:50:00 +0200.

La actividad tiene como objetivo preparar a la población ante un eventual sismo de gran magnitud y tsunami
Vulkane: Die feuerspuckenden Rachen der ErdeThu, 02 Oct 2014 01:23:00 +0200.

Es ist tatsächlich ein "Tanz auf dem Vulkan": Der faszinierende Feuerberg ist Lebensspender, Rohstofflieferant, Touristenmagnet, aber auch Zerstörer und Todbringer. Vulkane findet man auf der ganzen Welt - sogar hier in Bayern.

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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),