M 6.3 in Chile on 18 Sep 2015 09:10 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 1066074
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.3M
Depth: 8.65 Km
Lat/Lon: -32.4085 , -72.2351
Event Date: 18 Sep 2015 09:10 UTC
18 Sep 2015 04:10 Local
Exposed Population:
566808 people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Sep 2015 09:33 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.7 0.7
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
Satellite products
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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Novos tremores atingem o Chile 9/22/2015 9:11:00 AM.

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'Bronckhorst handhaaft op erbarmelijke wijze in het stadje' 9/22/2015 8:57:00 AM.

Als burger laat hij zich graag horen op het gemeentehuis. Kok noemt zichzelf 'raadsman voor de burgerij' en is in die hoedanigheid betrokken bij 2 rechtszaken die tegen de gemeente Bronckhorst lopen. "De gemeente handhaaft op erbarmelijke w
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Hoy tercer simulacro nacional 9/22/2015 8:22:00 AM.

A las 10:00 a.m. de hoy, las alarmas sonarán y las personas deben poner en práctica todo lo aprendido sobre qué hacer en caso de sismos, ya que hoy se realiza el tercer simulacro nacional ante terremoto. El escenario es de un sismo de 7.2 g
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),