M 4.5 in Chile on 03 Aug 2013 20:44 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 1001289
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 56.2 Km
Lat/Lon: -22.5535 , -70.3367
Event Date: 03 Aug 2013 20:44 UTC
03 Aug 2013 16:44 Local
Exposed Population:
About 44463 people within 100km
Inserted at: 03 Aug 2013 21:35 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Fukushima : problème «urgent» avec l’eau contaminée 8/7/2013 1:47:00 PM.

Le Premier ministre japonais a annoncé mercredi que les autorités allaient davantage s’impliquer dans la gestion de l’eau contaminée de la centrale nucléaire de Fukushima, dont la fuite dans la mer constitue selon lui un problème «urgent».
Fukushima : problème «urgent» avec l’eau contaminée 8/7/2013 1:46:00 PM.

Le Premier ministre japonais a annoncé mercredi que les autorités allaient davantage s’impliquer dans la gestion de l’eau contaminée de la centrale nucléaire de Fukushima, dont la fuite dans la mer constitue selon lui un problème «urgent».
El Gobierno japonés interviene para contener el vertido radiactivo al .. 8/7/2013 1:40:00 PM.

Tokio, 7 ago (EFE).- La central nuclear de Fukushima, epicentro de la crisis atómica en Japón, vierte a diario cerca de 300 toneladas de agua radiactiva al mar, un "problema urgente" que el Gobierno nipón se ha comprometido a contener con m
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Japan says Fukushima leak worse than thought, government joi 8/7/2013 1:37:00 PM.

By Osamu Tsukimori and Antoni Slodkowski TOKYO (Reuters) - Highly radioactive water from Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is pouring out at a rate of 300 tonnes a day, officials said on Wednesday, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ordere
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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 (40), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),