M 4.6 in Chile on 13 Apr 2015 03:00 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 1051926
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 33.37 Km
Lat/Lon: -40.115 , -73.7182
Event Date: 13 Apr 2015 03:00 UTC
13 Apr 2015 00:00 Local
Exposed Population:
560087 people within 100km
Inserted at: 13 Apr 2015 03:29 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: 543 | About casualties: 14 | Last hour: 0

6.1 magnitude earthquake strikes near Greek island, no reports of inju ... Fri, 17 Apr 2015 01:59:00 +0200.

ATHENS, Greece — A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck near the Greek island of Crete late Thursday, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or serious damage. The Athens Geodynamic Institute said the undersea quake occurred at 9:07 p.m
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British government in 'spending frenzy' on international aid as it see ... Fri, 17 Apr 2015 01:54:00 +0200.

Britain is paying professional aid staff up to £1,000 a day to work in developing countries as part of a spending "frenzy" to meet a government target, a new report suggestst. Spending on consultants has doubled in the past four years to £1
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Reaparece en EEUU barco “con pasajeros” arrastrado por tsunami de Japó ... Fri, 17 Apr 2015 01:50:00 +0200.

Publicado por Scarlet Stuardo Un terremoto de magnitud 9.0 en la escala de Richter afectó a Japón en el 2011. Este sismo trajo junto a él un enorme tsunami de 10 metros de altura que arrasó con todo lo que encontró en la costa del país. Ent
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Alerte tsunami : la Corse a craint le pireFri, 17 Apr 2015 01:48:00 +0200.

Plus de peur que de mal, c'est le moins que l'on puisse dire, mais sale soirée quand même pour les bastiais et autres riverains des communes voisines. A l'origine de cette situation, une alerte tsunami sur la côte Est de l'ile. Alerte faisa
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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),