Overall Green Earthquake in Chile on 16 Sep 2015 23:38 UTC

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M 5.7 in Chile on 16 Sep 2015 23:38 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 1065802
Earthquake Magnitude:	5.7M
Depth:	35 Km
Lat/Lon:	-31.7749 , -71.954
Event Date:	16 Sep 2015 23:38 UTC 16 Sep 2015 18:38 Local
Exposed Population:	112905 people within 100km
Inserted at:	16 Sep 2015 23:57 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.2		0.2
	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Chile: el gobierno confirmó que se elevó a 13 el número de muertos por.. 9/19/2015 3:44:00 AM.

Crédito: Reuters. Este viernes, el gobierno de Chile en una conferencia de prensa que brindó su viceministro del Interior, Mahmud Aleuy, confirmó que la cifra de muertes a raíz del terremoto de 8,4 grados en la escala Richter "ha aumentado

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Se eleva a 13 el saldo de muertos en Chile por terremoto y posterior t.. 9/19/2015 3:44:00 AM.

La localidad costera de Con Con, cerca de Valparaíso, fue una de las más afectadas por el terremoto y el tsunami posterior. Miles de personas fueron evacuadas de allí. / EFE. Trece muertos y seis desaparecidos es el saldo dejado por el f

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Bachelet en su segunda visita al norte: "Vamos a seguir viniendo todo .. 9/19/2015 3:33:00 AM.

Ver más Sismos en Chile SANTIAGO.- Esta tarde, finalizada la reunión de coordinación ministerial posterior al Te Deum Ecuménico, la presidenta Bachelet realizó su segunda visita a la zona afectada por el tsunami y terremoto de 8,4 grados en

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Aleuy confirma en 13 los fallecidos y damnificados "podrían llegar a 3.. 9/19/2015 3:32:00 AM.

Cerca de las 21,30 de la noche de este viernes 18 de septiembre, el subsecretario del Interior Mahum Aleuy, dio a conocer un nuevo balance de la Oficina Nacional de Emergencias (Onemi) respecto de la tragedia que afectó a la zona centro nor

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),

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