M 4.7 in Chile on 21 Sep 2015 10:13 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 1066506
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 41.46 Km
Lat/Lon: -30.7644 , -71.4772
Event Date: 21 Sep 2015 10:13 UTC
21 Sep 2015 07:13 Local
Exposed Population:
518031 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Sep 2015 12:54 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
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: 1451 | About casualties: 47 | Last hour: 0

6.6-magnitude quake sparks panic in Indonesia’s PapuaFri, 25 Sep 2015 10:11:00 +0200.

SORONG - A powerful 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck the eastern Indonesian region of Papua on Friday, US seismologists said, causing panicked people to run screaming out of their homes. No tsunami warning was issued and there were no report
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quake strikes off Papua, Indonesia, no tsunami warning issuedFri, 25 Sep 2015 10:06:00 +0200.

A strong and shallow quake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale jolted West Papua, eastern most of Indonesia on Thursday evening, but it was not potential for tsunami, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said here. The quake struck at 22
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Séisme de magnitude 6,6 à l'est de l'IndonésieFri, 25 Sep 2015 10:05:00 +0200.

Jakarta - Un séisme sous-marin d'une magnitude de 6,6 (bien : 6,6) a été enregistré à l'est de l'Indonésie, selon l'institut américain USGS, mais aucune alerte au tsunami n'a été lancée. L'épicentre du séisme, qui s'est produit vers 01H00 l
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Audience du Ministre Saliou AKADIRI avec l'Ambassadeur du Japon La Jou ... Fri, 25 Sep 2015 10:03:00 +0200.

Le Ministre Saliou AKADIRI a reçu en audience ce lundi, l'Ambassadeur du Japon près le Bénin, SEM Daini TSUKAHARA. Ils on abordé plusieurs questions dont notamment, la résolution nippone relative à la Journée internationale du Tsunami à sou
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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),