M 6 in Chile on 31 May 2026 21:34 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 1543542
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Depth: 25 Km
Lat/Lon: -32.8136 , -71.8658
Event Date: 31 May 2026 21:34 UTC
31 May 2026 16:34 Local
Exposed Population: 100 thousand in MMI V
Inserted at: 31 May 2026 23:37 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Chile)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000spqc Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 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

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Strong Earthquake Strikes Off Central Chile Coast—USGS 6/1/2026 8:52:00 AM.

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Magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes coast of central Chile 6/1/2026 6:18:00 AM.

SANTIAGO, 1st June, 2026 (WAM) -- An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale struck near the coast of central Chile at 21:34 GMT on Sunday. The German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported that the earthquake occurred at a sh
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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 (48), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),