Overall Green Earthquake alert in Chile on 24 Apr 2017 22:21 UTC

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M 4.7 in Chile on 24 Apr 2017 22:21 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 1111082
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.7M
Depth:	22.1 Km
Lat/Lon:	-32.9743 , -72.1331
Event Date:	24 Apr 2017 22:21 UTC 24 Apr 2017 17:21 Local
Exposed Population:	1310000 people within 100km
Inserted at:	24 Apr 2017 22:45 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	3 (Chile)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us10008kdi	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Chile: Dos nuevos sismos sacuden país sureño sin dejar heridos 4/28/2017 10:13:00 PM.

Dos sismos de 6 y 5,8 de magnitud se sintieron este viernes en el centro de Chile, réplicas del terremoto de 6,9 del lunes en la misma zona, sin dejar víctimas ni mayores daños, informó la Oficina Nacional de Emergencias (Onemi). El sism

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Dos sismos sacuden el centro de Chile sin causar daños o víctimas 4/28/2017 10:09:00 PM.

Dos sismos de 6 y 5,8 grados en la escala de Richter se sintieron este viernes en el centro de Chile, réplicas del terremoto de 6,9 del lunes en la misma zona, sin dejar víctimas ni mayores daños, informó la Oficina Nacional de Emergencias

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Students return home after classes have been suspended after a magnitu.. 4/28/2017 10:07:00 PM.

, Chile April 28, 2017. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido. We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our

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Students run to their homes after a magnitude 5.7 earthquake hit off t.. 4/28/2017 10:07:00 PM.

, Chile April 28, 2017. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido. We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),

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