M 5.5 in Chile on 23 Aug 2015 23:10 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 1063723
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 33.86 Km
Lat/Lon: -29.6708 , -71.4264
Event Date: 23 Aug 2015 23:10 UTC
23 Aug 2015 20:10 Local
Exposed Population:
409965 people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Aug 2015 23:24 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.3 0.3
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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Meteo assessment
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 211 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

Mediterranean tsunami could 'swamp' Greece, Italy and Libyan coastsThu, 27 Aug 2015 19:14:00 +0200.

Highly populated coastal areas of Greece and Italy would be inundated if a moderately powerful earthquake in the Mediterranean triggered a tsunami, research has shown. Scientists simulated what would happen if a magnitude 7 earthquake occur
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Tsunami in Mediterranean would turn parts of Crete into an AtlantisThu, 27 Aug 2015 19:06:00 +0200.

A large tsunami in the Mediterranean has the potential to turn a large part of Crete into an Atlantis with 3.5sq km of land submerged beneath the sea, scientists have found. Researchers said their model showed that a tsunami could also pose
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Presidi, concorso valido: ora 213 nuovi dirigenti. La sentenza del Con ... Thu, 27 Aug 2015 18:37:00 +0200.

Il Consiglio di Stato chiude la querelle sul concorso presidi. Non sarà annullato. Ed ora, finalmente, chi è in graduatoria potrà essere nominato dirigente scolastico. L’ultima parola è arrivata ieri nel primo pomeriggio. Già perché tra cor
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Quake In Med Would Cause Devastating TsunamiThu, 27 Aug 2015 17:18:00 +0200.

Around 130 million people in Mediterranean coastal areas are at risk of a devastating tsunami, which could be triggered by even a moderate earthquake. Scientists have found that a tsunami resulting from a magnitude 7 earthquake beneath Sic
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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),