M 5.1 in Chile on 17 Sep 2015 22:39 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 1065991
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 21.28 Km
Lat/Lon: -31.028 , -71.743
Event Date: 17 Sep 2015 22:39 UTC
17 Sep 2015 19:39 Local
Exposed Population:
218333 people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Sep 2015 23:06 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: 2156 | About casualties: 44 | Last hour: 0

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Santiago. A fresh 6.5 magnitude aftershock struck central Chile on Monday, rattling buildings in Chile's capital city Santiago, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, Reuters reports. An 8.3 magnitude earthquake and a ts
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Nueva réplica de terremoto llega a los 6.7 grados Richter en ChileMon, 21 Sep 2015 22:38:00 +0200.

Santiago, Chile.- Notimex Un sismo de 6.7 grados Richter se percibió hoy a las 14:39 horas locales (17:39 GMT) en la zona centro-norte de Chile, una réplica más del terremoto de 8.4 grados Richter del pasado miércoles. El Centro Sismológico
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Sismos de magnitud 6,7 y 6 sacuden zona afectada por terremoto en Chil ... Mon, 21 Sep 2015 22:36:00 +0200.

Dos temblores de magnitud 6,7 y 6 sacudieron hoy las regiones de Coquimbo, Valparaíso y Santiago, en el norte y centro de Chile, afectadas por el terremoto de magnitud 8,4 que afectó al país austral el pasado día 16, con un balance hasta ah
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Nuevo sismo de magnitud 6,7 sacude zona afectada en ChileMon, 21 Sep 2015 22:35:00 +0200.

Dos temblores de magnitud 6,7 y 6 sacudieron hoy las regiones de Coquimbo, Valparaíso y Santiago, en el norte y centro de Chile , afectadas por el terremoto de magnitud 8,4 que afectó al país austral el pasado día 16, con un balance hasta a
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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.
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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),