M 6 in Chile on 02 May 2018 06:32 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 1141809
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -24.2596 , -111.6536
Event Date: 02 May 2018 06:32 UTC
01 May 2018 23:32 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 May 2018 21:34 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Chile)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000dw7i Scaled population (vector) -8  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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Opening of South China Sea Tsunami Advisory CentreSat, 05 May 2018 04:34:00 +0200.

The South China Sea region will have its own dedicated Tsunami Advisory Centre, established in Beijing, under the aegis of UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), as of 8 May. The Center will be inaugurated in the presenc
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2 11.299 Visitas Instan a miles de personas a dejar sus hogares tras e ... Sat, 05 May 2018 02:55:00 +0200.

El volcán Kilauea en Hawái , uno de los más activos del mundo, entró en erupción el jueves, expulsando lava por grandes grietas hasta un área residencial y obligando a las autoridades a ordenar la evacuación de miles de personas. El goberna
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18:15 Chile: sismo de 5 grados sacudió el norte del país y causó sustoSat, 05 May 2018 02:20:00 +0200.

Un sismo de magnitud 5 afectó este viernes a parte del norte de sin que se informara de víctimas o daños materiales y no reunió las condiciones necesarias para generar un tsunami, según las autoridades. El Centro Sismológico Nacional de la
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Sismo de magnitud 5 sacude zona del norte de ChileSat, 05 May 2018 01:25:00 +0200.

Un sismo de magnitud 5 afectó hoy a parte del norte de Chile, sin que se informara de víctimas o daños materiales y no reunió las condiciones necesarias para generar un tsunami, según las autoridades. El Centro Sismológico Nacional de la U
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),