M 4.7 in Chile on 20 Mar 2016 23:23 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 1082878
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 24.13 Km
Lat/Lon: -31.4534 , -71.7955
Event Date: 20 Mar 2016 23:23 UTC
20 Mar 2016 20:23 Local
Exposed Population:
137701 people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Mar 2016 23:45 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
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: 469 | About casualties: 9 | Last hour: 0

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St. Lawrence Primary Evacuation Drill A SuccessThu, 24 Mar 2016 22:09:00 +0100.

With just a few minutes to prepare for the impact of ‘tsunami waves” which were about to strike the island, students and teachers of St. Lawrence Primary began an immediate evacuation of their school’s compound on Wednesday morning. At arou
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Anuncian simulacro de terremoto y tsunami en el Bío Bío: más de 300 co ... Thu, 24 Mar 2016 21:21:00 +0100.

Publicado por Leonardo Casas Un terremoto superior a 8 grados y posterior tsunami será lo que se simulará en el borde costero de la región del Bío Bío, es decir, desde Cobquecura hasta Tirúa. La actividad será en mayo, y la fecha será info
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24 Marzo 2011: il Devastante Terremoto del MyanmarThu, 24 Mar 2016 18:59:00 +0100.

(Di giovedì 24 marzo 2016) Il 24 Marzo 2011 , precisamente 5 anni fa, una violenta scossa di Terremoto colpì l’attuale stato del Myanmar , l’ex Birmania, devastando alcuni centri del paese. Il sisma, che ebbe un’intensità pari a 6.9 della s
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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),