M 5.2 in Chile on 17 Sep 2015 16:08 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 1065950
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 25.02 Km
Lat/Lon: -30.8242 , -71.3358
Event Date: 17 Sep 2015 16:08 UTC
17 Sep 2015 13:08 Local
Exposed Population:
549809 people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Sep 2015 15:48 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.2 0.2
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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Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Fuerte sismo de 6,2 se percibe a 27 km al norte de Los Vilos 9/21/2015 8:44:00 AM.

. SHOA dice que las características del sismo no reúnen las condiciones para un tsunami. Un fuerte sismo de 6,2 Richter se sintió a las 02:39 horas a 27 kilómetros al norte de Los Vilos. Hora Local: 2015/09/21 02:39:34 mag: 6.2, Lat: -31
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Mais de 9.000 pessoas sem casa no Chile após sismo 9/21/2015 8:21:00 AM.

O abalo de magnitude 8,3 atingiu o país no passado dia 16 matando 13 pessoas, com quatro ainda desaparecidas, indicou o vice-ministro do Interior, Mahmud Aleuy. O número de pessoas que ficaram sem casa subiu drasticamente de 3.500 após as a
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Video muestra milagrosa salvada de personas en centro de La Serena dur.. 9/21/2015 8:17:00 AM.

A pocos días del terremoto y tsunami que afectó a las regiones de Coquimbo y Valparaíso, siguen apareciendo videos que registraron lo dramático de este momento. Uno de los video muestra como el sismo afectó a la ciudad de La Serena, en espe
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Meer slachtoffers door aardbeving in Chili 9/21/2015 8:17:00 AM.

Het aantal doden door de aardbeving die Chili woensdagavond trof, is opgelopen tot dertien. De beving voor de kust van de regio Coquimbo had een kracht van 8,4. De tsunami die daardoor ontstond, was minder krachtig en omvangrijk dan aanvank
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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.
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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),