M 4.5 in Chile on 30 Sep 2021 15:54 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 1287924
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 126.39 Km
Lat/Lon: -21.0634 , -68.6865
Event Date: 30 Sep 2021 15:54 UTC
30 Sep 2021 12:54 Local
Exposed Population:
10 thousand in 100km
Inserted at: 30 Sep 2021 16:20 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
5.4 (Bolivia)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Bolivia= 5.4; Chile= 3

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000fqhd Scaled population (vector) 3.96  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.04  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 192 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

MIL-OSI United Nations: The Asian region emphasizes the importance of ... 2021-10-04T15:53+0200.

Source: World Meteorological Organization. Members – I. R. of Iran, Japan, Republic of Korea, Oman, India, Viet Nam. During the RAII Session last week, a special Ocean Side Event, with more than 80 participants, explored the needs, gaps and
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Moderate earthquake of magnitude 4.2 just reported 83 km southwest of ... 2021-10-04T15:22+0200.

A moderately shallow magnitude 4.2 earthquake was reported in the morning near Illapel, Choapa, Coquimbo Region, Chile. According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the quake hit on Monday, October 4th, 2021, at 7:42
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Shallow M6.2 earthquake hits South Sandwich Islands region2021-10-04T09:46+0200.

The epicenter was located about 2 403 km (1 494 miles) E of Tolhuin, Argentina, and 2 684 km (1 668 miles) E of Punta Arenas, Chile. There are no people living within 100 km (62 miles). The USGS issued a green alert for shaking-related fata
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04 October 2021 - Strong Earthquake in South Sandwich Islands Region a ... 2021-10-04T07:18+0200.

JABATAN METEOROLOGI MALAYSIA KEMENTERIAN ALAM SEKITAR DAN AIR JALAN SULTAN Telefon : 603-7967 8000 46667 PETALING JAYA Faksimili : 603-7957 8052 SELANGOR DARUL EHSAN E-mel : seismo@met.gov.my MALAYSIA Laman Web : www.met.gov.my JMM/POCGN(O)
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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),