M 4.8 in Chile on 11 May 2016 17:59 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 1086136
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -27.8601 , -71.373
Event Date: 11 May 2016 17:59 UTC
11 May 2016 12:59 Local
Exposed Population:
About 36291 people within 100km
Inserted at: 11 May 2016 18:42 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: 528 | About casualties: 52 | Last hour: 0

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Japan Coast Guard takes action to keep women from quittingSun, 15 May 2016 15:08:00 +0200.

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112 temasSun, 15 May 2016 14:36:00 +0200.

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Researchers say there's small, yet possible, chance devastating tsunam ... Sun, 15 May 2016 11:47:00 +0200.

Researchers at University of Hawaii at Manoa have determined that there’s a small, but potential, chance that Hawaii would suffer from a direct hit from a mega tsunami in the next 50 years. Hawaii News Now reported Friday that a study about
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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),