M 4.8 in Chile on 10 Apr 2016 18:10 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 1084090
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: -31.4739 , -71.8689
Event Date: 10 Apr 2016 18:10 UTC
10 Apr 2016 13:10 Local
Exposed Population:
133964 people within 100km
Inserted at: 10 Apr 2016 19:24 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: 718 | About casualties: 8 | Last hour: 0

Strong quake hurts dozens in south Japan A powerful earthquake with a ... Thu, 14 Apr 2016 18:00:00 +0200.

TOKYO (AP) A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 knocked over houses in southern Japan on Thursday evening, and police said people may be trapped underneath. Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital said it has admitted or treated 45 pe
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Erdbeben in Japan: Verletzte nach Gebäude-EinstürzenThu, 14 Apr 2016 17:59:00 +0200.

Ein Erdbeben der Stärke 6,5 hat am Donnerstagabend die Insel Kyushu im Süden Japans erschüttert. Nach ersten Berichten gab es Dutzende von Verletzten, nachdem in der Stadt Mashiki Häuser einstürzten. Bewohner von Mashiki versammeln sich na
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Fotos, videos: Otro fuerte terremoto sacude JapónThu, 14 Apr 2016 17:59:00 +0200.

Otro fuerte terremoto de magnitud 6,4 Shindo (la escala que usa Japón para medir la intensidad de terremotos) se ha registrado en la prefectura de Kumamoto en la isla japonesa de Kyushu, la más meridional de las cuatro islas principales, se
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Strong Quake Hurts 45 in South JapanThu, 14 Apr 2016 17:59:00 +0200.

By MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press. TOKYO (AP) — A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 knocked over houses in southern Japan on Thursday evening, and police said people may be trapped underneath. Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Hospita
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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),