M 4.9 in Chile on 08 Nov 2016 05:44 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 1097817
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 21.6 Km
Lat/Lon: -36.6029 , -73.6206
Event Date: 08 Nov 2016 05:44 UTC
08 Nov 2016 00:44 Local
Exposed Population:
1025197 people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 Nov 2016 06:46 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000768d 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: 571 | About casualties: 23 | Last hour: 0

6.2 quake hits eastern Japan: USGSSat, 12 Nov 2016 05:32:00 +0100.

A handout shakemap released on 12 November 2016 by the US Geological Survey (USGS) shows the location (C, marked with star) of a 6.2 magnitude earthquake that struck at a depth of 44.8 km, 24 km east-northeast of Ishinomaki, Japan, 11 Novem
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هيئة المسح الجيولوجي الأمريكية: زلزال بقوة 6.2 درجة يقع قبالة ساحل الي ... Sat, 12 Nov 2016 05:30:00 +0100.

(رويترز) - قالت هيئة المسح الجيولوجي الأمريكية إن زلزالا قوته 6.2 درجة وقع قبالة ساحل اليابان على بعد 65 كيلومترا شمال شرقي مدينة سينداي في الساعة 6.43 صباح السبت بالتوقيت المحلي (2143 بتوقيت جرينتش يوم الجمعة.) وقالت هيئة الأرصاد الجوية ال
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Strong quake strikes off Japan's east coast; no casualtiesSat, 12 Nov 2016 05:27:00 +0100.

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Kraftig jordskjelv ryster JapanSat, 12 Nov 2016 05:19:00 +0100.

(Dagbladet): Et jordskjelv har rammet langs den japanske østkysten, 70 kilometer nord-øst for byen Sendai, melder nyhetsbyrået Reuters. Jordskjelvet skal ha hatt styrke 6,2 på Richters skala. Jordskjelvet inntraff klokka 21:42:29. Det japan
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),