M 6.9 in Chile on 24 Apr 2017 21:38 UTC

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 1111075
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.9M
Depth: 25 Km
Lat/Lon: -33.0729 , -72.0513
Event Date: 24 Apr 2017 21:38 UTC
24 Apr 2017 16:38 Local
Exposed Population: 1500000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 24 Apr 2017 22:57 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3 (Chile)
Maximum Wave Height observed: 0.16 m

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 1.1 0.2 1.1
us10008kce Scaled population (vector) 0 Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake 1 Max wave realtime 0.24m  
  C2 earthquake 0      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 1      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Cluster of tremors in central Chile unnerves locals 4/28/2017 9:26:00 PM.

SANTIAGO: A cluster of tremors shook central Chile on Friday afternoon, leaving locals worried that a bigger earthquake may be imminent and prompting some early closures of schools and workplaces. At least seven tremors struck offshore the
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Los movimientos telúricos 4/28/2017 8:51:00 PM.

Los internos de la cárcel de Huachalalume tuvieron este gesto de solidaridad para las familias afectadas por el de magnitud 6,5 en la escala de ritcher se registró esta tarde. Dos empresas de servicio de telefonía móvil brindaron sus
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Fuertes sismos sacuden centro de Chile, sin víctimas ni daños 4/28/2017 8:21:00 PM.

Dos sismos de 6 y 5,8 de magnitud se sintieron este viernes en el centro de Chile , tras el terremoto de 6,9 que se sintió el lunes en la misma zona sin dejar víctimas ni mayores daños, así lo informó la Oficina Nacional de Emergencias (One
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Fuertes sismos sacuden centro de Chile, sin víctimas ni daños 4/28/2017 8:14:00 PM.

(Santiago de Chile, 28 de abril. Noticias24) – Dos sismos de 6 y 5,8 de magnitud se sintieron este viernes en el centro de Chile , tras el terremoto de 6,9 que se sintió el lunes en la misma zona sin dejar víctimas ni mayores daños , así lo
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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.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

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