M 4.8 in Chile on 02 Sep 2020 09:38 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 1232775
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 14.94 Km
Lat/Lon: -27.9579 , -71.4173
Event Date: 02 Sep 2020 09:38 UTC
02 Sep 2020 04:38 Local
Exposed Population:
About 66000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 Sep 2020 09:57 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3 (Chile)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000bgf6 Scaled population (vector) 4.19  
  C1 earthquake 1.44  
  C2 earthquake -1.48  
  Country Vulnerability -0.64  
  INFORM_normalised 0.75  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 174 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Chile es estremecido por nuevo sismo de 6.3 gradosSun, 06 Sep 2020 09:20:00 +0200.

Un sismo de magnitud 6.3 se sintió en Santiago y otras cuatro regiones de Chile la noche de este sábado (05.09.2020) sin causar daños personales ni materiales, informó la estatal Oficina Nacional de Emergencia (Onemi). El temblor “de media
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North Chile shaken by powerful quake for 2nd time this weekSun, 06 Sep 2020 07:39:00 +0200.

Chile lies along the Pacific basin's “Ring of Fire,” and is frequently hit by tremors with magnitudes exceeding 6.0. (Representational Image) An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 shook northern Chile on Saturday night, the seco
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Un sismo de magnitud 6.3 afecta a cinco regiones de ChileSun, 06 Sep 2020 07:22:00 +0200.

Un sismo de magnitud 6.3 se sintió en Santiago y otras cuatro regiones de Chile la noche del sábado sin causar daños personales ni materiales , informó la estatal Oficina Nacional de Emergencia (Onemi). El temblor "de mediana intensidad" oc
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Un terremoto de 6,3 grados sacude la costa de ChileSun, 06 Sep 2020 06:53:00 +0200.

Un terremoto de magnitud 6,3 en la escala de Richter ha sacudido este sábado la costa de Chile, según ha informado el Centro Sismológico Nacional (CSN), sin que por el momento haya informaciones sobre víctimas o daños. El organismo ha indic
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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),