M 5.2 in Chile on 22 May 2015 19:39 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 1055566
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 16.07 Km
Lat/Lon: -20.181 , -70.8434
Event Date: 22 May 2015 19:39 UTC
22 May 2015 14:39 Local
Exposed Population:
225025 people within 100km
Inserted at: 22 May 2015 21:07 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.2 0.2
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: 816 | About casualties: 118 | Last hour: 0

El Gobierno planea levantar las órdenes de evacuación de FukushimaTue, 26 May 2015 18:48:00 +0200.

El Gobierno de Japón planea acabar hacia final de 2017 con las zonas de exclusión terrestre impuestas en torno a la central de Fukushima a causa del accidente nuclear del 11 de marzo de 2011, en un intento de acelerar la reconstrucción de e
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Flash flooding in Houston submerges major roadways - videoTue, 26 May 2015 17:45:00 +0200.

Sorry, your browser is unable to play this video. Please install ™ and try again. Alternatively to a modern browser. upgrade Freeways in Houston were under up to 8in of water on Tuesday morning after a night of unrelenting rain. Authorities
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[VIDEO] Así se expandió el gigantesco tsunami ocurrido en Chile hace 5 ... Tue, 26 May 2015 17:43:00 +0200.

En el aniversario número 55 del devastador terremoto 9,5 Richter ocurrido en Valdivia, el Centro de Alerta de Tsunamis del Pacífico US NWS ( US NWS Pacific Tsunami Warning Center) , publicó un video que muestra en una animación la expansión
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Japón busca levantar las órdenes de evacuación en Fukushima para final ... Tue, 26 May 2015 17:26:00 +0200.

Por Takaya Yamaguchi TOKIO, 26 mayo (Reuters) - La coalición gobernante de Japón recomendará levantar en un plazo de dos años las órdenes de evacuación para la mayoría de las personas que abandonaron sus hogares tras el desastre nuclear de
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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),