M 4.8 in Chile on 08 Jan 2017 00:33 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 1102756
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: -30.1575 , -72.2344
Event Date: 08 Jan 2017 00:33 UTC
07 Jan 2017 19:33 Local
Exposed Population:
About 24000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 Jan 2017 00:54 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3 (Chile)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007rxs Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 712 | About casualties: 18 | Last hour: 0

Chile: 160 female inmates evacuated over raging wildfireThu, 12 Jan 2017 00:30:00 +0100.

SANTIAGO, Chile — Chilean authorities have evacuated about 160 female inmates from a prison in Valparaiso after wind carried in sparks from a nearby wildfire. Valparaiso Police Chief Jaime Barria said Wednesday that there were some pregnant
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Chile: 160 Female Inmates Evacuated Over Raging WildfireThu, 12 Jan 2017 00:27:00 +0100.

authorities have evacuated about 160 female inmates from a prison in Valparaiso after wind carried in sparks from a nearby wildfire. Valparaiso Police Chief Jaime Barria said Wednesday that there were some pregnant women among those evacuat
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Instalan en Manabí y Esmeraldas sirenas de alerta temprana ante desast ... Thu, 12 Jan 2017 00:17:00 +0100.

Las sirenas que alertarán a la ciudadanía ante tsunamis y desbordamientos de represas fueron puestas a prueba este miércoles en Pedernales (Manabí), epicentro del terremoto del pasado 16 de abril. Estos equipos forman parte del Sistema de A
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Sismo de 5,9 Richter sacude a la Región de Antofagasta, pero descartan ... Thu, 12 Jan 2017 00:15:00 +0100.

SANTIAGO.- Un sismo de 5,7 grados sacudió esta tarde a la Región de Antofagasta. Según informó el Centro Sismológico Nacional, el temblor se registró 52 kilómetros al sur de la comuna de María Elena, en la provincia de Tocopilla. Por su par
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),