M 4.9 in Chile on 21 Feb 2017 13:01 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 1106094
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -30.8631 , -71.8739
Event Date: 21 Feb 2017 13:01 UTC
21 Feb 2017 10:01 Local
Exposed Population:
140000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Feb 2017 15:09 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3 (Chile)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20008l3u Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 502 | About casualties: 6 | Last hour: 0

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Be prepared: B.C. has entered earthquake seasonSat, 25 Feb 2017 05:33:00 +0100.

Three minor earthquakes in the past three days off the coast of B.C. and Washington state serve as a reminder that B.C. has entered “slip season”, when one expert says we should be the most prepared for “The Big One." A series of small ear
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Magnitude 4.9 earthquake reported off northwestern Vancouver IslandSat, 25 Feb 2017 05:27:00 +0100.

VICTORIA — A series of small earthquakes off Vancouver Island in recent days likely aren’t a precursor of bigger shake ups to come, but are a reminder of the complex geological zones along coastal British Columbia, says a federal seismo
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Tremors are natural, design can ease impactSat, 25 Feb 2017 05:18:00 +0100.

SAMUEL KUTTY – MUSCAT, FEB 24 – There is no increase in the number of earthquakes in the region. The Sultanate, with its enhanced seismic monitoring system, is capable of detecting even micro earthquakes. According to Dr Issa al Hussain, Di
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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),