M 5 in Chile on 16 Jan 2026 02:13 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 1519698
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 73.7 Km
Lat/Lon: -19.853 , -70.1867
Event Date: 16 Jan 2026 02:13 UTC
15 Jan 2026 23:13 Local
Exposed Population:
310 thousand in MMI&>=III
Inserted at: 16 Jan 2026 02:32 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3 (Chile)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000rpzu 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, 2026. 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

Wildfires race across Chile, thousands flee with 18 dead 1/19/2026 10:52:00 AM.

PENCO, Chile (AP) — Wildfires raging across central and southern Chile on Sunday left at least 18 people dead, scorched thousands of acres of forest and destroyed hundreds of homes, authorities said, as the South American country swelters u
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Chile is gripped by fires amid years of drought: at least 18 dead, tho.. 1/19/2026 9:00:00 AM.

Fires in Chile (Photo: ERA / PABLO HIDALGO) Large-scale forest fires are raging in central and southern Chile, caused by extreme temperatures amid years of drought. At least 18 people have been killed, about 50,000 have been forced to evacu
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Wildfires race across Chile, leaving 18 dead and forcing thousands to .. 1/19/2026 8:58:00 AM.

Wildfires raging across central and southern Chile have left at least 18 people dead, scorched thousands of acres of forest and destroyed hundreds of homes, authorities said, as the South American country swelters under a heat wave. Chilean
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Wildfires race across Chile, leaving 18 dead and forcing thousands to .. 1/19/2026 8:29:00 AM.

Wildfires raging across central and southern Chile have left at least 18 people dead, scorched thousands of acres of forest and destroyed hundreds of homes, authorities said, as the South American country swelters under a heat wave. Chilean
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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),