M 5.2 in Chile on 06 Apr 2016 17:35 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 1083848
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 22.58 Km
Lat/Lon: -31.484 , -71.8057
Event Date: 06 Apr 2016 17:35 UTC
06 Apr 2016 14:35 Local
Exposed Population:
134151 people within 100km
Inserted at: 06 Apr 2016 20:12 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: 473 | About casualties: 11 | Last hour: 0

Armada chilena descarta tsunami en costas chilenas tras ...Sun, 10 Apr 2016 17:16:00 +0200.

El Servicio Hidrográfico y Oceanográfico de la Armada (SHOA) informó hoy que el sismo de magnitud de 6,6 en la escala de Richter que sacudió el noreste de Afganistán, no reúne las condiciones necesarias para generar un tsunami en las costas
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الدفاع المدني بغزة: الحديث عن تسونامي غير مبني على معلومات حقيقية نشر ... Sun, 10 Apr 2016 17:12:00 +0200.

الاحتلال يبرئ الحاكم العسكري "اسرائيل شومير" من قتل الشهيد ابو لطيفة; الصحة لمعا: وفاة الشاب "ع، ي" الذي القى نفسه من الطابق الخامس غرب غزة; مصرع فلسطيني بحادث سير شمال الجليل; غزة- عودة خطوط الكهرباء المصرية للعمل برفح; تظاهرة بغزة تطالب ب
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7 familias de Santa Clara en Talcahuano aún esperan reconstrucción de ... Sun, 10 Apr 2016 17:07:00 +0200.

Talcahuano y las autoridades de la zona. Desde hace más de 6 años que los vecinos esperan respuestas de las autoridades para la pavimentación de 12 calles, iluminación y reconstrucción de las casas de 7 familias que aún esperan la reconstru
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Earthquake Shakes Buildings In Pakistan, Afghanistan, IndiaSun, 10 Apr 2016 15:37:00 +0200.

A man clears the rubble of the house of 50-year-old herbal healer Najib Alam, whose mud-and-stone house was damaged by the 7.5 magnitude quake, in Rehankot village in District Dir, Pakistan on Oct. 28, 2015. Photo: REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood.
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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),