M 4.8 in Chile on 18 Sep 2015 07:44 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 1066065
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 39.35 Km
Lat/Lon: -31.3706 , -71.6692
Event Date: 18 Sep 2015 07:44 UTC
18 Sep 2015 04:44 Local
Exposed Population:
228459 people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Sep 2015 08:00 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  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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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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Experto en catástrofes analizó los aciertos y errores tras el terremot.. 9/22/2015 6:16:00 AM.

22/09/2015 | 00:36 Experto en catástrofes analizó los aciertos y errores tras el terremoto 8,4° El director de Cigiden de la Universidad Católica valoró la reacción de la población tras el sismo y previo al tsunami. La baja cifra de víct
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Instalan en Chile prototipos para detectar a tiempo generación de mare.. 9/22/2015 5:47:00 AM.

El Servicio Hidrográfico y Oceanográfico de la Armada (SHOA) chilena y la estadounidense National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) instalarán en Chile dos prototipos Boyas DART de última generación que ayudarán a detectar y adv
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
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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 (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),