M 5.3 in Chile on 17 Sep 2015 00:06 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 1065809
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -30.8997 , -71.6851
Event Date: 17 Sep 2015 00:06 UTC
16 Sep 2015 21:06 Local
Exposed Population:
223845 people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Sep 2015 00:36 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: 712 | About casualties: 28 | Last hour: 0

Francisco solidario con los afectados por el terremoto en ChileSat, 19 Sep 2015 05:15:00 +0200.

Roma, 18 de septiembre de 2015 (ZENIT.org).- "El Santo Padre Francisco, apenado al conocer la noticia del fuerte terremoto que ha ocasionado v�ctimas, heridos y da�os materiales, ofrece sufragios por el eterno descanso de los fallecidos y e
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Reportan seis desaparecidos tras sismo en ChileSat, 19 Sep 2015 05:05:00 +0200.

SANTIAGO, CHILE (19/SEP/2015).- Trece muertos y seis desaparecidos es el saldo dejado por el fuerte terremoto y posterior tsunami que golpeó el miércoles el norte y centro de Chile , donde miles de personas intentaban levantarse a 48 horas
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Chega a 13 número de mortos por terremoto no ChileSat, 19 Sep 2015 05:04:00 +0200.

. Cerca de 24 mil famílias continuam sem energia elétrica 48 horas depois do sismo Cerca de 24 mil famílias continuam sem energia elétrica 48 horas depois do sismo | Foto: Martin Bernetti / AFP / CP Pelo menos 13 pessoas morreram e outras
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Balance Onemi: Cifra de muertos por terremoto en el norte se eleva a 1 ... Sat, 19 Sep 2015 05:00:00 +0200.

El subsecretario del Interior, Mahmud Aleuy en compañía del director nacional de la Oficina Nacional de Emergencias, Ricardo Toro, confirmó que la cifra de fallecidos producto del terremoto, y posterior tsunami, se elevó a 13 a lo largo 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),