M 6.3 in Chile on 21 Jan 2018 01:06 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 1131423
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.3M
Depth: 110.82 Km
Lat/Lon: -18.8879 , -69.6165
Event Date: 21 Jan 2018 01:06 UTC
20 Jan 2018 22:06 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI V
230000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Jan 2018 01:26 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
5.4 (Bolivia)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Bolivia= 5.4; Peru= 4.6; Chile= 3

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000cm0f Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),