M 4.9 in Chile on 22 Apr 2017 22:46 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 1110894
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 10.6 Km
Lat/Lon: -32.9719 , -72.1389
Event Date: 22 Apr 2017 22:46 UTC
22 Apr 2017 17:46 Local
Exposed Population:
1310000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 22 Apr 2017 23:06 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3 (Chile)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
us10008juc Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 853 | About casualties: 9 | Last hour: 0

Nacional Justicia acoge demanda contra Estado por víctimas del tsunami ... Wed, 26 Apr 2017 22:31:00 +0200.

La Justicia acogió tres nuevas demandas por la responsabilidad del Estado en la muerte de 17 personas en la zona de Constitución como consecuencia del tsunami que se produjo el 27 de febrero de 2010 después del terremoto de 8,8 grados de ma
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Se registra sismo 5,4 en Arica y Parinacota y TarapacáWed, 26 Apr 2017 21:27:00 +0200.

SHOA indica que las características del sismo NO reúnen las condiciones necesarias para generar un tsunami en las costas de Chile onemichile (@onemichile) 26 de abril de 2017 De acuerdo con el SHOA, el movimiento telúrico no reúnen las cond
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Пропавший в Индийском океане «Боинг» научил предсказывать цунами и изм ... Wed, 26 Apr 2017 21:20:00 +0200.

Малайзия Китай и Австралия за эти годы потратили на нее около 160 миллионов долларов, но корпус лайнера так и не был найден. Самую загадочную головоломку в истории авиации пока так и не смогли разрешить. Однако ученые считают, что труд не б
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New Model Could Help Predict Major EarthquakesWed, 26 Apr 2017 21:19:00 +0200.

Nagoya, Japan - A Nagoya University-led team reveals the mechanisms behind different earthquakes at a plate boundary on the west coast of South America, shedding light on historical seismic events and potentially aiding prediction of the fu
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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),