M 7.4 in Chile on 19 Jul 2024 01:50 UTC

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 1437973
Earthquake Magnitude: 7.4M
Glide number: EQ-2024-000121-CHL
Depth: 117.4 Km
Lat/Lon: -23.0467 , -67.7818
Event Date: 19 Jul 2024 01:50 UTC
18 Jul 2024 21:50 Local
Exposed Population: 140 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 19 Jul 2024 02:20 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
5.4 (Bolivia)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Bolivia= 5.4; Chile= 3

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 1.8 1.8
us7000n05d Scaled population (raster) 8.47  
  C1 shakemap -0.78  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 2.62  
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Chile – Earthquake (ECHO 20 Jul 2024)Fri, 19 Jul 2024 10:56

  • An earthquake of 7.4 M at a depth of 117 km occurred in the Antofagasta region in north-eastern Chile on 19 July at 1:50 UTC (18 July at 21:50 local time). The epicentre was located approximately 45 km east-south-east of San Pedro de Atacama municipality in the El Loa province in Antofagasta region. At least two aftershocks of 5.0 and 4.7 M have been recorded in the area.
  • According to USGS PAGER, up to 184,000 people were exposed to very strong shaking and 161,000 to strong shaking.
  • As of 19 July, the National System for Disaster Prevention, Mitigation and Attention (SENAPRED) report that the seismic event was felt across Arica and Parinacota and Coquimbo regions and that disruption of electricity has been reported and already restored and that one road and one bridge have been damaged. No tsunami threat was triggered.
  • Assessment of people and infrastructure 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)

Latest media headlines

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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 (5), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),