M 5.2 Off-shore on 21 Sep 2016 00:05 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 1094338
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -54.792 , -30.5758
Event Date: 21 Sep 2016 00:05 UTC
20 Sep 2016 22:05 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Sep 2016 00:30 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006r8s 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: 400 | About casualties: 15 | Last hour: 0

El terremoto de 7,8 grados de abril dejó 41 huérfanos en EcuadorSat, 24 Sep 2016 23:57:00 +0200.

El presidente de la República, Rafael Correa, aseguró que el terremoto de magnitud 7,8 que el pasado 16 de abril asoló varias zonas del norte de la costa del país dejó un total de 41 huérfanos. "Tenemos 41 huérfanos, que perdieron papá y
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Sismo sobre 5 Richter se produjo en el norte del paísSat, 24 Sep 2016 23:46:00 +0200.

A las 17:27 horas se produjo un movimiento telúrico de intensidad 5.2 en la Escala Richter al noroeste de Tocopilla. De acuerdo al Servicio Hidrográfico y Oceanográfico de la Armada (Shoa), las características del sismo no reúnen las condic
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Earthquake strikes north of TongaSat, 24 Sep 2016 23:41:00 +0200.

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake has struck north of Tonga. The quake struck at 10.07am (NZT). It was at a depth of 198km.
Chile | Lecţia celor mai mari cutremure din istorieSat, 24 Sep 2016 23:25:00 +0200.

Cel mai puternic cutremur înregistrat vreodată, cu magnitudinea de 9.4, s-a produs în Chile. În ultimele patru decenii, în această ţară au avut loc peste 12 seisme cu magnitudinea de cel puţin 7. Cu timpul, Chile a devenit un model de pregă
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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),