M 5.1 in Chile on 22 Jul 2026 09:34 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 1553364
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -27.8666 , -71.7009
Event Date: 22 Jul 2026 09:34 UTC
22 Jul 2026 04:34 Local
Exposed Population:
70 thousand in MMI III
Inserted at: 22 Jul 2026 09:51 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Chile)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000t2fd Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

5.1-magnitude quake hits 61 km SSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile -- U.. 7/22/2026 6:13:00 PM.

BEIJING, July 23 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 61 km SSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile, at 1734 GMT on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 108.7 km, was initially determined
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5.1-magnitude earthquake jolts Vallenar, Chile 7/22/2026 11:13:00 AM.

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 121 kilometers northwest of Vallenar, Chile, at 0934 GMT on Wednesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), reports, citing The USGS said the earthquake epicenter was located at a depth of 10 kil
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5.1-magnitude quake hits Vallenar, Chile -- USGS 7/22/2026 10:17:00 AM.

BEIJING, July 22 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 121 km northwest of Vallenar, Chile, at 0934 GMT on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined
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5.1-magnitude quake hits Vallenar, Chile -- USGS 7/22/2026 10:13:00 AM.

BEIJING, July 22 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 121 km northwest of Vallenar, Chile, at 0934 GMT on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined
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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),