M 4.8 in Chile on 25 Jan 2015 08:47 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 1047447
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 23.89 Km
Lat/Lon: -34.723 , -71.7402
Event Date: 25 Jan 2015 08:47 UTC
25 Jan 2015 05:47 Local
Exposed Population:
1181581 people within 100km
Inserted at: 25 Jan 2015 09:15 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
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: 324 | About casualties: 12 | Last hour: 0

"Batik Tsunami" Dalam Goresan Lukisan Seniman AcehWed, 28 Jan 2015 12:26:00 +0100.

Bisnis.com, JAKARTA--Seniman Aceh, Cut Azzeta Rukman, melahirkan karya fenomenal yang merupakan lukisan bernuansa Aceh berupa "batik tsunami" dan karya tersebut dipajang di Museum Tsunami di Kota Banda Aceh. "Harapan saya, semoga lukisan ba
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Education is Key to Disaster Risk Reduction – Vice RectorWed, 28 Jan 2015 12:14:00 +0100.

Disaster risk management preparedness efforts should include education at different levels on risks prevention, coping and adaptation strategies. This, according to Prof. Jakob Rhyner, the Vice Rector of the United Nations University in Eur
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Un terremoto de 6,1 grados sacudió el sudeste de FiyiWed, 28 Jan 2015 11:45:00 +0100.

El sísmo se produjo a 483 kilómetros de profundidad. Las autoridades no informaron sobre víctimas ni se emitió alerta por tsunami. Esta región sufre habitualmente terremotos de magnitud superior a los cinco grados. Un terremoto de 6,1 grad
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Education is key to disaster risk reduction - UNU vice RectorWed, 28 Jan 2015 11:24:00 +0100.

Disaster risk management preparedness efforts should include education at different levels on risks prevention, coping and adaptation strategies. This, according to Prof. Jakob Rhyner, the vice Rector of the United Nations University in Eur
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),