M 4.8 in Chile on 25 Apr 2014 03:01 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 1030482
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 10.94 Km
Lat/Lon: -20.283 , -70.9532
Event Date: 25 Apr 2014 03:01 UTC
24 Apr 2014 22:01 Local
Exposed Population:
224873 people within 100km
Inserted at: 25 Apr 2014 03:25 UTC

GDACS Score

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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  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Chile: Se levanta Estado de Excepción en región de Tarapacá 4/25/2014 10:09:00 PM.

Source: Government of Chile Country: Chile La medida fue tomada debido al paulatino retorno a la normalidad por parte de los diversos sectores. No obstante se mantiene la condición de zona afectada por catástrofe, lo que permite la disposic
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AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from Latin America 4/25/2014 5:12:00 AM.

AP photographers also documented the aftermath of forest fires in Chile that engulfed one of the country's most beautiful cities, a white tiger trying to protect her new cubs from the prying eyes of the press, and Uruguayan gauchos demonstr
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Calles de Arica no se recuperan del terremoto de Chile 4/24/2014 10:04:00 PM.

A casi un mes del sismo de 6.2 en escala de Ritcher que azotó el norte de Chile, la ciudad de Arica (en la frontera septentrional) presenta constantes deslizamientos y sus habitantes, que en parte permanecen en refugios, no han podido retom
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Actor de "Las mil y una noches": Supimos del terremoto y espero que es.. 4/24/2014 4:17:00 PM.

Halit Ergenç conversó por primera vez con un medio local. "Sabemos lo que es un terremoto, lo duro que es", aseguró el actor.

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