M 5.9 in Chile from 14 May 2012 10:00 UTC to 10:00

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 116919
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 22.3 Km
Lat/Lon: -17.7209 , -69.6992
Event Date: 14 May 2012 10:00 UTC
14 May 2012 06:00 Local
Exposed Population:
368327 people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 May 2012 10:22 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.4 0.4
usb0009pcc 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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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Australia and Japan to benefit from multi-billion dollar gas project 5/18/2012 9:59:00 AM.

Last Updated: Fri, 18 May 2012 17:22:00 +1000 The Japanese Government says the start of a $US 35.3 billion gas project in the northern Australian city of Darwin is a symbol of the business relationship between Japan and Australia. About 40
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Afet Sigortalari Kanunu Resmen Yürürlükte 5/18/2012 9:49:00 AM.

Afet Sigortalari Kanunu ile zorunlu deprem sigortasinin kapsami yeniden belirlendi Afet Sigortalari Kanunu ile zorunlu deprem sigortasinin kapsami yeniden belirlendi.
10:25 Tsunami de zorunlu deprem sigortasi kapsaminda 5/18/2012 9:46:00 AM.

Cumhurbaskani Abdullah Gül'ün onayladigi kanunlar arasinda yer alan 6305 sayili ''Afet Sigortalari Kanunu''na göre ''tsunami'' de zorunlu deprem sigortasi kapsamina aliniyor. Zorunlu deprem sigortasi kapsami yeniden belirleniyor; binalarda
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Australia and Japan to benefit from multi-billion dollar gas project 5/18/2012 9:39:00 AM.

Last Updated: Fri, 18 May 2012 17:22:00 +1000 The Japanese Government says the start of a $US 35.3 billion gas project in the northern Australian city of Darwin is a symbol of the business relationship between Japan and Australia. About 40
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),