M 4.5 in Chile on 27 Jul 2015 15:23 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 1061549
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 98.68 Km
Lat/Lon: -29.501 , -71.1539
Event Date: 27 Jul 2015 15:23 UTC
27 Jul 2015 12:23 Local
Exposed Population:
410716 people within 100km
Inserted at: 27 Jul 2015 19:06 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.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 578 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

Japón imputa a directivos de Fukushima por la crisis atómicaFri, 31 Jul 2015 15:22:00 +0200.

Los tres exdirectivos de Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) que serán procesados por su rol en la crisis originada por el terremoto y tsunami del 11 de marzo de aquel año son Tsunehisa Katsumata, de 75 años y presidente de la compañía en el momen
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Ex-Fukushima execs to be charged over nuclear accidentFri, 31 Jul 2015 15:16:00 +0200.

A trio of former executives from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant will be indicted over the 2011 accident, a judicial review panel decided Friday, paving the way for the first criminal trial linked to the disaster. The decision comes a
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3 ex-TEPCO execs to face criminal charges in nuclear crisisFri, 31 Jul 2015 15:13:00 +0200.

TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese judicial committee has decided that three former utility executives should face criminal charges and stand trial for their alleged negligence in the Fukushima nuclear disaster. A document released Friday showed the c
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Japón imputa por primera vez a directivos de Fukushima por la crisis a ... Fri, 31 Jul 2015 15:12:00 +0200.

Un comité judicial de Tokio aprobó hoy imputar a tres exejecutivos de la operadora de la central de Fukushima por negligencia a la hora de prevenir o reducir el impacto del desastre atómico de 2011, lo que supondrá el primer proceso penal e
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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),