M 5.5 in Chile on 12 Jan 2023 06:19 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 1354030
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 56.702 Km
Lat/Lon: -30.636 , -71.2294
Event Date: 12 Jan 2023 06:19 UTC
12 Jan 2023 03:19 Local
Exposed Population: 40 thousand in MMI V
Inserted at: 12 Jan 2023 06:40 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3 (Chile)

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000j3ty Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Earthquake of 6.0 magnitude hits Indonesia coast, no tsunami alert iss.. 1/16/2023 6:24:00 AM.

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake on November 21 killed at least 331 people and injured nearly 600 in West Java's Cianjur city. ......
Tiembla en Chile: sismo de magnitud 2.9 con epicentro en la ciudad de .. 1/16/2023 6:22:00 AM.

Durante un temblor manten la calma y encuentra un lugar seguro, aléjate de objetos que puedan caer, no uses los ascensores, ni te quedes en la caja de las escaleras, ni en el marco de una puerta. Si estás en un automóvil , estaciónate y pon
...(more)
Cile, allerta per l’attività del vulcano Villarica: registrate scosse .. 1/13/2023 7:19:00 PM.

Il Servizio nazionale geologico del Cile (Sernageomin) ha segnalato un aumento dell’attività del vulcano Villarica , con sei scosse di terremoto registrate nelle ultime 24 ore. A causa di questa attività, le autorità locali hanno deciso di
...(more)

View more news

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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),