M 5.3 in Chile on 21 Apr 2014 13:39 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 1030279
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 15.62 Km
Lat/Lon: -19.7335 , -70.9828
Event Date: 21 Apr 2014 13:39 UTC
21 Apr 2014 08:39 Local
Exposed Population:
About 253 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Apr 2014 14:06 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

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Chile: REDLAC Weekly Note on Emergencies Latin America & the Caribbean.. 4/23/2014 9:44:00 PM.

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Las casas “sismo-resistentes” son la clave 4/23/2014 5:25:00 PM.

Toshiaki Yokoi, director del Instituto Internacional de Sismología e Ingeniería de Terremotos de Japón (IISE, por sus siglas en inglés), es enfático: los terremotos no matan, sino las construcciones. Para fundamentar su aseveración, agrega
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),