M 6 in Puerto Rico on 24 Sep 2019 03:23 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 1188294
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 19.077 , -67.2701
Event Date: 24 Sep 2019 03:23 UTC
23 Sep 2019 23:23 Local
Exposed Population: 540000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 25 Sep 2019 03:26 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
PRICO RS 0 0
pr2019267000 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 356 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

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Dos sismos golpearon este jueves nueve regiones de Chile sin dejar víc ... Fri, 27 Sep 2019 06:25:00 +0200.

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NACIONAL - Población:Fri, 27 Sep 2019 05:31:00 +0200.

11:25, 2019-09-21. Lorena era una tormenta de categoría 1 con vientos sostenidos máximos de 120 kph (75 mph). Su centro se encontraba 90 kilómetros (55 millas) al nor-noroeste de La Paz, México y se dirigía hacia el noroeste a 15 kph (9 mph
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Chile earthquake: Major quake strikes Los Lagos in volatile Ring of Fi ... Fri, 27 Sep 2019 04:38:00 +0200.

The quake, which occurred at 1.36pm local time, hit some 610 miles from the capital of Santiago, but could be felt in cities such as Osorno, Temuco, Puerto Montt and Ancud. One witness described feeling "dizzy" after the quake hit, while an
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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 (7), OCHA (1), INGV (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),