M 5.7 in Chile from 21 Dec 2023 16:21 UTC to 16:21

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1407043
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 55.3 Km
Lat/Lon: -21.9025 , -70.2778
Event Date: 21 Dec 2023 16:21 UTC
21 Dec 2023 13:21 Local
Exposed Population: 6 thousand in MMI V
Inserted at: 21 Dec 2023 16:43 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3 (Chile)

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000lkpg Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Chile – Earthquake (ECHO 22 Dec 2023)Fri, 22 Dec 2023 14:01

  • An earthquake of 5.7 M at a depth of 55 km occurred close to the north-western coast of Chile on 21 December at 16.21 UTC (13.21 local time). The epicentre was located in the sea approximately 23 km north-western of Tocopilla City (Tocopilla Province in Antofagasta Region) and 155 km north-western of Calama City.
  • According to USGS PAGER, up to 25,000 people were exposed to strong shaking.
  • As of 21 December, according the National System for Disaster Prevention, Mitigation and Attention (SENAPRED), the seismic event was felt across Arica and Parinacota and Antofagasta Regions. There are no reports of any casualties or damage and no tsunami threat was triggered, however assessment to people and infrastructures is still ongoing.
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. 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)

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