M 6.6 in Chile on 21 Sep 2015 17:40 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 1066544
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.6M
Depth: 34.29 Km
Lat/Lon: -31.7465 , -71.6294
Event Date: 21 Sep 2015 17:40 UTC
21 Sep 2015 14:40 Local
Exposed Population: 180000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Sep 2015 19:33 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0 0.5
Scaled population (vector) n.a Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake n.a Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 earthquake n.a      
  Country Vulnerability n.a      
  INFORM_normalised n.a      
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 440 | About casualties: 45 | Last hour: 0

62 injured in Indonesia quakeFri, 25 Sep 2015 17:17:00 +0200.

Among the injured, 17 are in critical conditions, Xinhua news agency quoted Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman of national disaster management agency, as saying. The earthquake, measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale, jolted Papua on Thursday forc
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Magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits eastern Indonesia; 39 injuredFri, 25 Sep 2015 17:10:00 +0200.

MANOKWARI: A 6.6-magnitude quake hit in waters off Indonesia’s easternmost province early Friday, injuring dozens of people, damaging buildings and sending panicked residents fleeing from homes, hotels and even a hospital. The quake, which
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Loss of hope and deepening poverty driving Syrians to seek refuge in E ... Fri, 25 Sep 2015 17:06:00 +0200.

GENEVA, Sept 25, (UNHCR) The UN refugee agency today identified loss of hope and appalling living conditions as major factors behind the recent spike in the number of Syrian refugees from the region seeking asylum in Europe. Around four mil
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Geógrafa advirtió en 2008 los daños que produciría eventual tsunami en ... Fri, 25 Sep 2015 16:56:00 +0200.

Publicado por Carolina Mardones La geógrafa Ximena Cortés realizó un estudio en 2008 en donde advirtió el peligro que significaba construir en el Barrio Baquedano de Coquimbo ante un posible tsunami. Cortés explicó en Expreso Bío Bío que s
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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 (88), (5), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),