M 4.9 in Chile on 18 Oct 2015 12:48 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 1069494
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 44.09 Km
Lat/Lon: -35.9221 , -72.7917
Event Date: 18 Oct 2015 12:48 UTC
18 Oct 2015 09:48 Local
Exposed Population:
726448 people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Oct 2015 13:09 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: 791 | About casualties: 14 | Last hour: 0

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Según el Centro Nacional de Sismología, el movimiento telúrico ocurrió a las 15.45 hora local (18.15 GMT) y su epicentro se situó a 12 kilómetros al oeste de la localidad de Punitaqui, en la región de Coquimbo, y a 50,3 kilómetros de profun
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Olympic torch relay should run through quake-hit areas: ministerThu, 22 Oct 2015 11:47:00 +0200.

The torch relay for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics should run through northeastern Japan areas devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, a Cabinet minister said Thursday. "We definitely want (torch runners) to travel through the affected area
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Terremoto Anas, arrestato Luigi Meduri, già presidente della Regione C ... Thu, 22 Oct 2015 11:35:00 +0200.

AVEZZANO - Nel 1915 il terremoto che colpì la Marsica in Abruzzo e la parte meridionale del Lazio: i morti furono 30.000. "Ben cinque regioni hanno più del 90% dei loro Comuni ricadenti in zona ad elevato rischio sismico: la Calabria, la Ba
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Alluvione Benevento: piove ancora nel Sannio ma con intensità minoreThu, 22 Oct 2015 11:13:00 +0200.

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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),