Overall Red Earthquake alert in Chile on 16 Sep 2015 22:54 UTC

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M 8.3 Earthquake and Tsunami (3.3 m) in Chile on 16 Sep 2015 22:54 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a high humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	EQ 1065792
Earthquake Magnitude:	8.3M
Depth:	25 Km
Lat/Lon:	-31.5695 , -71.6543
Event Date:	16 Sep 2015 22:54 UTC 16 Sep 2015 19:54 Local
Exposed Population:	140000 people within 100km
Inserted at:	17 Sep 2015 00:48 UTC
Maximum Wave Height observed:	4.75488 m

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0.8		3		3
us20003k7a	Scaled population (vector)	n.a	Max wave scenario	0m
	C1 earthquake	n.a	Max wave realtime	3.34m
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Virtual OSOCC

Meteo assessment

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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Campaña busca rescatar álbumes familiares de afectados por el terremot.. 9/24/2015 1:24:00 AM.

Este jueves 24 de septiembre comenzará la campaña Recuperación de la Memoria y de la Identidad, la que tiene como objetivo recobrar el álbum familiar de las familias afectadas por el terremoto y posterior tsunami que afectó la costa del cen

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General Director de Carabineros entrega ayuda a damnificados y condeco.. 9/23/2015 10:52:00 PM.

Publicado por Gerson Guzmán La Dirección de Bienestar de carabineros y la Corporación de Ayuda a la Familia entregaron ayuda material y monetaria a funcionarios afectados por el terremoto y el tsunami. Además se reconoció la labor de los mo

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Buzos de la Armada hallaron cadáver de mujer en zona del tsunami 9/23/2015 10:52:00 PM.

Buzos de la Armada encontraron el cadáver de una mujer desaparecida en la zona del tsunami registrado tras el terremoto del pasado miércoles en la Región de Coquimbo, con lo que se elevan a 14 las víctimas fatales producto de la tragedia. E

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General director de Carabineros reconoció a efectivos que rescataron a.. 9/23/2015 10:46:00 PM.

El general director de Carabineros, Bruno Villalobos, felicitó a los tres carabineros motoristas que rescataron a una adulto mayor de 91 años, que se encontraba atrapada por el tsunami ocurrido en la IV región tras el terremoto que azotó a

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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Daily Maps: Chile - Earthquake

17/Sep/2015 05:51 UTC

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (88), (5), NEIC (5), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),

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