M 4.9 in Chile on 24 May 2016 00:29 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 1086860
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 120.74 Km
Lat/Lon: -18.6164 , -69.3816
Event Date: 24 May 2016 00:29 UTC
23 May 2016 20:29 Local
Exposed Population:
224724 people within 100km
Inserted at: 24 May 2016 01:06 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -0.9 -0.9
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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Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 402 | About casualties: 7 | Last hour: 0

Los distritos de Lima que más se preocupan ante un eventual sismoFri, 27 May 2016 19:57:00 +0200.

En los primeros cuatro meses del año el Fondo Mivivienda otorgó 604 bonos de Protección de Viviendas Vulnerables a los Riesgos Sísmicos por unos S/8.7 millones. Omar Mariluz; La costa peruana es altamente vulnerable a un eventual sismo , t
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Un terremoto de 6,4 grados sacude la región de Fiyi en el PacíficoFri, 27 May 2016 19:27:00 +0200.

Bangkok.- Un terremoto de 6,4 grados de magnitud en la escala abierta de Richter sacudió hoy la región sureste de las Islas Fiyi, en el Pacífico sur, sin que las autoridades hayan informado de víctimas, ni de que se haya emitido alerta por
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Remarks by President Obama to U.S. and Japanese Forces -- Iwakuni, Jap ... Fri, 27 May 2016 19:25:00 +0200.

Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Iwakuni, Japan. 4:02 P.M. JST PRESIDENT OBAMA: Hello, everybody! (Applause.) Konnichiwa! AUDIENCE: Konnichiwa! PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, it is great to be here. Thank you so much. I got to tell you, during my v
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Climate damage threatens heritage sitesFri, 27 May 2016 18:34:00 +0200.

Its authors say 31 natural and cultural world heritage sites in 29 countries have been identified as affected by climate change. The impacts include rising temperatures, higher sea levels, more extreme weather, and fiercer droughts. The rep
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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.
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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),