M 5.9 in Chile on 08 Nov 2016 04:55 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 1097814
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 17.3 Km
Lat/Lon: -36.5806 , -73.6355
Event Date: 08 Nov 2016 04:55 UTC
07 Nov 2016 23:55 Local
Exposed Population: 1010000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 Nov 2016 05:09 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007681 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: 571 | About casualties: 23 | Last hour: 0

6.2 quake hits eastern Japan: USGSSat, 12 Nov 2016 04:30:00 +0100.

TOKYO: A strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Japan on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage. The quake, at a depth of 44 kilometres, struck shortly after 6:42 am local time near the n
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Strong quake strikes off Japan’s east coast; no casualtiesSat, 12 Nov 2016 04:24:00 +0100.

TOKYO (AP) — A magnitude-6.2 earthquake struck off the east coast of Japan early Saturday, but no damage or casualties were reported. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake hit 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) from Onagawa near Sendai at 6:42 a
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6.2 quake hits eastern Japan: USGSSat, 12 Nov 2016 04:16:00 +0100.

TOKYO: A strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Japan today, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage. The quake, at a depth of 44 kilometres, struck shortly after 6:42 am local time near the northea
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Землетрясение магнитудой 5,1 произошло у острова ТайваньSat, 12 Nov 2016 04:14:00 +0100.

Подземные толчки зафиксированы в 50 километрах восточнее уезда Илань. Очаг залегал на глубине 21,6 километра. Информация о жертвах и пострадавших не поступала. Угроза цунами не возникла. Интернет-портал «Российской газеты» зарегистрирован
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),