Overall Green Earthquake in Chile from 03 Apr 2014 15:08 UTC to 15:08

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M 4.9 in Chile from 03 Apr 2014 15:08 UTC to 15:08

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	EQ 1028898
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.9M
Depth:	8.88 Km
Lat/Lon:	-20.5706 , -70.9287
Event Date:	03 Apr 2014 15:08 UTC 03 Apr 2014 10:08 Local
Exposed Population:	224939 people within 100km
Inserted at:	03 Apr 2014 15:32 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.1		0.1
	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Séisme de magnitude 6 dans les îles Salomon 4/6/2014 11:57:00 AM.

Le séisme s'est produit à 22h40 heure locale (11h40 GMT) à une profondeur de 63 kilomètres, à environ 30 kilomètres à l'ouest de la ville de Kirakira, située sur la côte Nord de l'île de Makira, l'une des îles de l'archipel des Salomon. L'U

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Sergio Baeriswyl, Premio Nacional de Urbanismo 2014: "En Chile no exis.. 4/6/2014 11:33:00 AM.

Encargado de la reconstrucción del borde costero de la Región del Biobío dice que Chile ha avanzado en política antisísmica, pero que no hay una norma antimaremotos.

Dalai Lama to meet Japan quake survivors 4/6/2014 11:31:00 AM.

Tsunami triggered by an earthquake three years ago had left thousands dead and missing

Osvaldo Malfanti: "Yo creo que el Estado debe compensar a las familias.. 4/6/2014 10:46:00 AM.

El primer condenado por cuasidelito de homicidio múltiple en el caso tsunami dijo declararse culpable para ayudar a los demandantes a ser compensados.

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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 (40), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),

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