M 5.1 in Chile on 13 Mar 2017 15:05 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 1107684
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 34.06 Km
Lat/Lon: -30.4146 , -71.4753
Event Date: 13 Mar 2017 15:05 UTC
13 Mar 2017 12:05 Local
Exposed Population:
610000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 13 Mar 2017 16:00 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3 (Chile)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.2 0.2
us100088n2 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 544 | About casualties: 13 | Last hour: 0

World prepares to come together on disaster preventionFri, 17 Mar 2017 14:40:00 +0100.

* Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. We have got much better at managing disasters but are less focused on reducing risk. Two years have passed quickly since the adoption of th
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Atomkatastrophe: Japanisches Gericht gibt Staat Mitschuld an Fukushima ... Fri, 17 Mar 2017 14:36:00 +0100.

Tokio. Ein japanisches Gericht hat eine Mitschuld des Staates am Atomunglück von Fukushima festgestellt. Das Bezirksgericht in Maebashi urteilte am Freitag, dass der japanische Staat und die Betreiberfirma des Unglücksreaktors sich der Nach
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Entschädigung für Fukushima-OpferFri, 17 Mar 2017 14:26:00 +0100.

Sechs Jahre nach der Atomkatastrophe von Fukushima bekommen mehr als 60 Betroffene eine Entschädigung. Ein Gericht hat die japanische Regierung und den Stromversorger Tepco zu Schadenersatz verurteilt, weil sie keine Vorsichtsmaßnahmen gege
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Stadium in Fukushima to be used as venue for 2020 Tokyo OlympicsFri, 17 Mar 2017 14:24:00 +0100.

Representatives from the organisers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics said here on Friday that the Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium in Fukushima Prefecture would be used as an additional venue for baseball and softball events durin
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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),