M 4.9 in Chile on 17 Sep 2015 02:52 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 1065860
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 45.32 Km
Lat/Lon: -31.0283 , -71.5298
Event Date: 17 Sep 2015 02:52 UTC
16 Sep 2015 23:52 Local
Exposed Population:
252808 people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Sep 2015 05:30 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
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: 398 | About casualties: 27 | Last hour: 0

Sobe para 13 o número de mortos do terremoto no ChileSat, 19 Sep 2015 12:21:00 +0200.

Aumentou para 13 o número de mortos em consequência do terremoto que atingiu o Chile esta semana, segundo o mais recente balanço divulgado, nessa sexta-feira (18), pelo governo. Cerca de seis pessoas continuam desaparecidas. "O número subiu
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Un sismo de magnitud de 6,1 sacude ChileSat, 19 Sep 2015 12:14:00 +0200.

Un nuevo sismo, esta vez de magnitud 6,1, se ha registrado en el país latinoamericano. El terremoto se ha producido a 69 kilómetros al sureste de la ciudad chilena de Ovalle. El temblor ha sido registrado en la provincia de Limarí a las 9:
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Terremoto en Chile: iniciaron los trabajos de remoción de escombrosSat, 19 Sep 2015 11:27:00 +0200.

. El millón de pobladores evacuados regresaron a sus casas tras levantarse la alerta de tsunami en el norte del país.
Bilanţul cutremurului urmat de tsunami se ridică la 13 morţiSat, 19 Sep 2015 11:23:00 +0200.

Cutremurul urmat de tsunami care a lovit puternic nordul și centrul Chile s-a soldat cu 13 morți și șase dispăruți, potrivit unui nou bilanț prezentat vineri, la 48 de ore după catastrofa ale cărei pagube afectează mii de persoane, relateaz
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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),