M 4.8 in Chile on 26 Jan 2016 09:08 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 1079340
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 11.28 Km
Lat/Lon: -30.1543 , -71.9363
Event Date: 26 Jan 2016 09:08 UTC
26 Jan 2016 04:08 Local
Exposed Population:
481409 people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 Jan 2016 09:27 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 387 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

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No casualties from 7.0-magnitude quake in east RussiaSat, 30 Jan 2016 08:45:00 +0100.

A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck in Russia's Far East on Saturday morning, US and Russian authorities said, although there were no reports of any casualties. The US Geological Survey said the quake occurred at 0325 GMT at a depth
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Strong 7.0-magnitude quake strikes eastern Russia: USGSSat, 30 Jan 2016 08:44:00 +0100.

A strong 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Russia today, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake occurred at 0325 GMT at a depth of 160 kilometres (100 miles), about 95 kilometres northeast of the Russian town of Yelizovo, US
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Erdbeben erschüttert Osten RusslandsSat, 30 Jan 2016 08:43:00 +0100.

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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),