M 5.5 in Chile on 05 Feb 2023 01:02 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 1357254
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 68.019 Km
Lat/Lon: -29.6451 , -71.2485
Event Date: 05 Feb 2023 01:02 UTC
04 Feb 2023 22:02 Local
Exposed Population: 480 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 05 Feb 2023 01:21 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3 (Chile)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000jlhg Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 80 | About casualties: 27 | Last hour: 0

How does the Türkiye-Syria earthquake compare to other deadly events?2023-02-08T21:23+0100.

The death toll across Türkiye and war-ravaged northern Syria has exceeded 11,000, making Monday's earthquake the deadliest in more than a decade. The World Health Organization has warned it expects the number of fatalities to rise significa
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Israeli Scientists Invent Better Early-warning System for Undersea Qua ... 2023-02-08T19:57+0100.

Israeli scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have invented a new way to detect submarine earthquakes as they begin, giving people on land precious extra time to head for high ground to avoid ensuing tsunamis before they appear o
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Worst Earthquakes—And Where Turkey’s Fits In: The 10 Deadliest And 10 ... 2023-02-08T19:22+0100.

Topline. Over 11,300 people in Turkey and Syria are reportedly dead, following a magnitude 7.8 earthquake that slammed into the region on Monday, propelling the disaster close to being one of the since 1950. People search through rubble aft
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The 10 deadliest earthquakes ever recorded in the world2023-02-08T16:31+0100.

Turkey and Syria were hit by a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake this week. Given the size of the damage, we decided to put together a list of 10 worst earthquakes in human history . Most of the tremors recorded similar numbers on the Richte
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),