M 4.9 in West Chile Rise on 20 Jan 2017 03:32 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 1103644
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: -36.4183 , -97.1334
Event Date: 20 Jan 2017 03:32 UTC
19 Jan 2017 21:32 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Jan 2017 03:54 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007u9d Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 1323 | About casualties: 77 | Last hour: 0

Strong January storms stir destruction from coast-to-coastTue, 24 Jan 2017 03:12:00 +0100.

From California to the Deep South to the Northeast, millions of Americans were contending with death and destruction from damaging January weather. Flooding, high winds and suspected tornadoes have rousted people from their homes. A deadly
...(more)
Santi Millán: «Me seducen los que llamo talentos singulares, los friki ... Tue, 24 Jan 2017 03:09:00 +0100.

Santi Millán reconoce que adolece de falta de talento. Por eso admira el espectáculo de Got Talent España , y de un casting único al que además de magia, se le exige que trasmitan sentimientos. -Cómo afronta esta segunda entrega? -Con much
...(more)
Santi Millán: «Me seducen los que llamo talentos singulares, los friki ... Tue, 24 Jan 2017 03:05:00 +0100.

A pesar de sus dotes como presentador, actor y mono0loguista, Santi Millán reconoce que adolece de falta de talento. Por eso admira el espectáculo de Got Talent España , y de un casting único al que además de magia, se le exige que trasmita
...(more)
23 feet of snow at Tahoe resorts since Jan. 1Tue, 24 Jan 2017 02:57:00 +0100.

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Another nearly 3 feet of new snow fell on Sierra Nevada ski resorts — for a total of 23 feet since Jan. 1 in some places — and Reno recorded one of its snowiest days in 80 years Monday as skies began to clear and sunshine
...(more)

View more news

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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),