M 5.5 in Chile on 28 Oct 2020 04:52 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 1241177
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 58.28 Km
Lat/Lon: -34.8891 , -71.709
Event Date: 28 Oct 2020 04:52 UTC
28 Oct 2020 01:52 Local
Exposed Population: 1240000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 29 Oct 2020 04:56 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3 (Chile)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000c6lj Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -1.16  
  C2 shakemap 0.54  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.75  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 50 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

DEVELOPING: Rescuers race to find Turkey quake survivors, 28 deadSat, 31 Oct 2020 19:29:00 +0100.

An aerial view taken on October 31, 2020, in Izmir shows Rescue workers searching for survivors in a collapsed building after a powerful earthquake struck Turkey's western coast and parts of Greece. TURKEY - Rescuers raced against the clo
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An earthquake in Chile was felt intensely in MendozaSat, 31 Oct 2020 16:53:00 +0100.

An earthquake of 5.8 degrees on the Richter scale that had its epicenter in the area of ​​Coquimbo, Chile, was felt with intensity in different parts of the province of Mendoza; especially in tall buildings. The earthquake was registered 31
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Emergencia Al menos 22 fallecidos y cerca de 800 heridos en Turquía tr ... Sat, 31 Oct 2020 05:07:00 +0100.

Un fuerte sismo de magnitud 7 en la escala de Richter sacudió este viernes el oeste de Turquía y provocó al menos cuatro decesos y una veintena de edificios destruidos, según informaron el Instituto Geofísico de Estados Unidos (USGS) y los
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Sube a 22 el número de fallecidos y cerca de 800 los heridos por poder ... Sat, 31 Oct 2020 04:10:00 +0100.

Al menos 22 muertos y cerca de 800 heridos provocó un poderoso sismo este viernes que afectó a Turquía y Grecia y que llegó a causar un mini tsunami. El movimiento telúrico, que se sintió en Estambul y Atenas, tuvo lugar poco antes de las 1
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
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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),