M 4.6 in Chile on 07 Apr 2021 23:14 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 1263890
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 141.55 Km
Lat/Lon: -36.4066 , -70.9175
Event Date: 07 Apr 2021 23:14 UTC
07 Apr 2021 20:14 Local
Exposed Population:
330000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 07 Apr 2021 23:29 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.7 (Argentina)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Argentina= 3.7; Chile= 3

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000dzvk Scaled population (vector) 4.85  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.83  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 119 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

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El 4 de abril se cumplieron 14 años desde que Colbún S.A. presentó el proyecto “Central Hidroeléctrica San Pedro” por primera vez ante la Comisión Regional de Medio Ambiente (COREMA), actual Servicio de Evaluación Ambiental (SEA) de la regi
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Chile: Magnitude-5.3 offshore earthquake strikes near Canete April 10Sat, 10 Apr 2021 11:36:00 +0200.

Event. A magnitude-5.3 offshore earthquake occurred near Canete, Biobio Region, at around 03:52 April 10. The epicenter was about 33km (21 miles) west of Canete, Arauco Province. The tremor occurred at a depth of about 33 km (21 miles) and
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¿Por qué los desastres no son naturales?Fri, 09 Apr 2021 08:09:00 +0200.

El doctor en Geología y divulgador Cristián Farías, autor del libro "Volcanes y Terremotos", enfatizó en Cooperativa que las catástrofes son siempre el resultado de las acciones y las decisiones humanas. "Si nos preparamos mal, viene un ter
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Earthquake is perceived between regions of Valparaíso and MauleFri, 09 Apr 2021 04:39:00 +0200.

An earthquake struck tonight in central Chile. The telluric movement occurred at around 10:02 pm, and was perceived according to Onemi between the Valparaíso and Maule regions. According to the National Seismological Center (CSN), the earth
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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.
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),