M 4.7 in Chile on 15 Jan 2017 08:48 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 1103270
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: -22.5268 , -68.6309
Event Date: 15 Jan 2017 08:48 UTC
15 Jan 2017 05:48 Local
Exposed Population:
140000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 Jan 2017 09:12 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
5.4 (Bolivia)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Bolivia= 5.4; Chile= 3

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -1 -1
us10007tcy 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 500 | About casualties: 15 | Last hour: 0

DP World joins UN-led humanitarian effortsThu, 19 Jan 2017 08:20:00 +0100.

Dubai-based global marine terminal operator DP World will provide pro bono expertise and resources to help the humanitarian community respond to major disasters after joining leading logistics and transport companies to become part of the L
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Hyogo universities aim to develop disaster experts with new programsThu, 19 Jan 2017 07:51:00 +0100.

KOBE – Universities in Hyogo Prefecture, which was hit by a devastating earthquake 22 years ago, are launching new programs to develop experts capable of leading efforts to respond to natural disasters. Drawing on experiences from the 1995
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El peligroso tsunami de la rebeliónThu, 19 Jan 2017 05:25:00 +0100.

¡El pueblo tiene hambre! Recibe el pago de 50 % de aumento, y enseguida la inflación sube, sube. “En un dos por tres” el dinero se vuelve “sal y agua”. En pocos días de haber recibido la paga, ya no hay para echarle a las ollas. ¡No hay qué
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Manuel Riesco GanadorThu, 19 Jan 2017 04:58:00 +0100.

Publicado por Manuel Riesco Un nuevo terremoto acaba de estremecer Chile, la debacle de la candidatura del expresidente Lagos. El sistema político acentuará su deslegitimación si nuevamente elude sacar las conclusiones pertinentes, que a es
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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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),