M 4.5 in Chile on 27 Sep 2015 16:25 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 1067359
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 33.52 Km
Lat/Lon: -30.777 , -71.4309
Event Date: 27 Sep 2015 16:25 UTC
27 Sep 2015 13:25 Local
Exposed Population:
410962 people within 100km
Inserted at: 27 Sep 2015 19:45 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.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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USS Ronald Reagan Pivots to Japan in Show of Support 10/1/2015 3:56:00 PM.

YOKOSUKA, JAPAN — The United States implemented a key element of its strategic shift toward Asia Thursday with the arrival in Japan of the Navy's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier the USS Ronald Reagan. In addition to projecting American pow
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Off the Rails 10/1/2015 3:09:00 PM.

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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 (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),