M 5 in Chile on 24 Oct 2015 21:24 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 1070107
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 47.95 Km
Lat/Lon: -31.4403 , -71.4613
Event Date: 24 Oct 2015 21:24 UTC
24 Oct 2015 18:24 Local
Exposed Population:
190541 people within 100km
Inserted at: 24 Oct 2015 21:45 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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 473 | About casualties: 10 | Last hour: 0

Sismos en el MundoWed, 28 Oct 2015 21:10:00 +0100.

Una cámara de seguridad registró una pequeña parte de los devastadores efectos que causó el terremoto de 7,5 grados que destruyó Badakhshan, en Afganistán. El terremoto de 7,5 grados en Afganistán sorprendió a un presentador de noticias de
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How You Can Help the Syrian Refugees: Solar-Powered LightsWed, 28 Oct 2015 20:46:00 +0100.

Have you been distressed by the photos of dead toddlers washed up on the shores of a Turkish beach as a result of the Syrian and Iraqi refugee crisis? Have you heard that we are currently experiencing the since World War II? largest number
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"Pealtnägija": Thbilisi loomaaia üleujutuse lõppskoor: 3 hukkunud tööt ... Wed, 28 Oct 2015 20:44:00 +0100.

Juunis räsis Thbilisit üleujutus, milles hukkus üle 20 inimese, rääkimata sadadest loomadest. Üle maailma levisid pildid Gruusia pealinnas jooksvatest tiigritest ja akendesse ronivatest karudest, vahendas ETV saade "Pealtnägija". Enim kanna
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Tsunami-vulnerable towns grapple with how to save livesWed, 28 Oct 2015 20:24:00 +0100.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Bracing for a tsunami like the one that devastated Japanese communities during a 2011 mega-earthquake, coastal communities from British Columbia to California have been grappling with how to protect people from a sim
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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),