Overall Green Earthquake in Chile on 18 Apr 2014 06:57 UTC

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M 4.5 in Chile on 18 Apr 2014 06:57 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 1030013
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.5M
Depth:	12.32 Km
Lat/Lon:	-19.9241 , -71.0773
Event Date:	18 Apr 2014 06:57 UTC 18 Apr 2014 01:57 Local
Exposed Population:	Few people within 100km
Inserted at:	18 Apr 2014 07:28 UTC

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
	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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¿Tienen relación los terremotos de México, Chile y Nicaragua? 4/19/2014 10:07:00 PM.

Experto alemán del Centro de Investigación Geológico de Postdam analiza los recientes temblores en la región del Pacífico Potsdam, Alemania (DPA). El Centro de Investigación Geológico de Postdam (GFZ) no ve conexión alguna entre el terremot

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¿Tienen relación los terremotos de México, Chile y Nicaragua? 4/19/2014 8:07:00 PM.

Experto alemán del Centro de Investigación Geológico de Postdam analiza los recientes temblores en la región del Pacífico

El Anillo del Pacífico vuelve a sacudir el continente americano 4/19/2014 7:55:00 PM.

Decenas de terremotos se han sucedido en esta zona durante el mes de abril, afectando a países como Chile, Nicaragua, Guatemala, México o EEUU. Los últimos temblores han tenido lugar este sábado en Guatemala, El Salvador, Cuba y Papúa Guine

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Sismos en el Pacífico no están conectados, según expertos 4/19/2014 6:54:00 PM.

El Centro de Investigación Geológico de Postdam (GFZ) no ve conexión alguna entre el terremoto registrado este viernes en México con otros temblores recientes en la región del Pacífico, informó el geofísico Rainer Kind. "Hasta ahora no hay

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