M 5.2 in Chile on 16 Mar 2016 03:49 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 1082586
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 22.4 Km
Lat/Lon: -31.2371 , -71.678
Event Date: 16 Mar 2016 03:49 UTC
16 Mar 2016 00:49 Local
Exposed Population:
239075 people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 Mar 2016 04:09 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.2 0.2
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: 461 | About casualties: 8 | Last hour: 0

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Strong 6.0 quake hits off Antigua and BarbudaSun, 20 Mar 2016 00:17:00 +0100.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of the Caribbean island nation of Antigua and Barbuda Saturday, US experts said, but there was no tsunami warning or immediate reports of damage or injury. The strong quake, wh
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The first Israeli at the UN's Peacekeeping DepartmentSat, 19 Mar 2016 22:59:00 +0100.

Major Jonathan Conricus is the first Israeli officer to hold a position at the UN. He has served since November 2015, beating out officers from all over the world. The role is that of an evaluation officer, which relates to intelligence. Co
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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),