M 5.9 in Chile on 11 Jan 2017 21:58 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 1103014
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 69.46 Km
Lat/Lon: -22.8329 , -69.9171
Event Date: 11 Jan 2017 21:58 UTC
11 Jan 2017 18:58 Local
Exposed Population: About 98000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 11 Jan 2017 22:15 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3 (Chile)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
us10007sn1 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Chile city in state of emergency over wildfires 1/15/2017 6:46:00 AM.

Local residents live in tents while they work to rebuild after the damage caused by the January 2 forest fire in Puertas Negras, Valparaiso, Chile. PHOTO: AFP. SANTIAGO: Chile on Saturday declared a local state of emergency over wildfire
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eNCA | Chile declares local state of emergency over wildfires 1/15/2017 4:01:00 AM.

Chile declares local state of emergency over wildfires. Wildfires threatening two of Chile's largest coastal cities prompted authorities to order a local state of emegency. Hundreds of hectares had been burned by brush fires in the Valpa
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AFP: Chile city in state of emergency over wildfires 1/14/2017 11:48:00 PM.

Santiago. Chile on Saturday declared a local state of emergency over wildfires plaguing the landmark tourist-draw city of Valparaiso, AFP announced. The hilly Pacific city, part of which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has been put under m
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Chile city in state of emergency over wildfires 1/14/2017 11:32:00 PM.

By AFP 34 mins ago in World Chile on Saturday declared a local state of emergency over wildfires plaguing the landmark tourist-draw city of Valparaiso. The hilly Pacific city, part of which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has been put u
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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 (47), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),