M 4.5 in Chile on 23 Mar 2016 13:14 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 1083039
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 20.87 Km
Lat/Lon: -30.35 , -71.848
Event Date: 23 Mar 2016 13:14 UTC
23 Mar 2016 10:14 Local
Exposed Population:
509477 people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Mar 2016 13:33 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 336 | About casualties: 6 | Last hour: 0

Ishinomaki to turn Okawa Elementary ruins into 3/11 monumentSun, 27 Mar 2016 11:16:00 +0200.

SENDAI – An elementary school where more than 80 pupils and teachers lost their lives as the 2011 tsunami washed out Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, will be preserved to remember what happened and improve the city’s disaster preparedness, th
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Youth orchestra from Fukushima, Japan, makes US debutSun, 27 Mar 2016 09:54:00 +0200.

BOSTON--An ensemble of young Japanese musicians founded in the aftermath of the 2011 Fukushima disaster is making its U.S. debut in Boston. The Fukushima Youth Sinfonietta will perform April 3 at the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Senior musici
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FIVE YEARS AFTER: Sakamoto-led Tohoku Youth Orchestra gives first conc ... Sun, 27 Mar 2016 09:54:00 +0200.

Led by world-renowned composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, an orchestra of students from areas devastated by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami gave its first concert on March 26 in Tokyo to the delight of the audience. The Tohoku Youth
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National › School building engulfed by 2011 tsunami to be preservedSun, 27 Mar 2016 09:43:00 +0200.

SENDAI. An elementary school building in northeastern Japan where more than 80 pupils and teachers lost their lives in the 2011 tsunami will be kept to remember the calamity and raise awareness about disaster preparedness, the mayor of the
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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),