M 4.6 in Chile on 19 Aug 2025 00:22 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 1496456
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 39.7 Km
Lat/Lon: -29.6881 , -71.3498
Event Date: 19 Aug 2025 00:22 UTC
18 Aug 2025 20:22 Local
Exposed Population:
460 thousand in MMI III
Inserted at: 19 Aug 2025 03:05 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3 (Chile)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000r1z2 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. 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

Chile Earthquake Today: Magnitude & CSN Updates 8/22/2025 9:54:00 PM.

Imagine a tremor so powerful it reshapes the coastline, sinking entire cities and triggering tsunamis felt across the Pacific. This wasn’t a hypothetical scenario; it was the reality for Chile on May 22, 1960. The Great Chilean Earthquake,
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Magnitude 7.5 earthquake hits off South American tip 8/22/2025 8:50:00 PM.

WASHINGTON, 22nd August, 2025 (WAM) -- A major magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck in the Drake Passage between South America and Antarctica, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) revised down the q
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Tsunami advisory for parts of Antarctica after powerful quake off Sout.. 8/22/2025 7:32:00 PM.

A magnitude 7.5 earthquake that struck off the coast of South America is unlikely to affect New Zealand, officials say, but parts of the Pacific could be impacted, including areas of Antarctica. The quake hit the Drake Passage, a body of wa
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7.5-magnitude earthquake hits Drake Passage off South America 8/22/2025 12:10:00 PM.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- A major, preliminary magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck in the South Atlantic Ocean late Thursday, the United States Geological Survey reported, prompting Chilean authorities to issue an advisory for a potential tsun
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),