M 6.1 in Chile on 26 Sep 2019 16:36 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 1188382
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.1M
Depth: 129 Km
Lat/Lon: -40.8158 , -72.0028
Event Date: 26 Sep 2019 16:36 UTC
26 Sep 2019 13:36 Local
Exposed Population: 430000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 27 Sep 2019 17:42 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.7 (Argentina)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Argentina= 3.7; Chile= 3

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70005lt4 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.83  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 206 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes off Chilean coastMon, 30 Sep 2019 16:36:00 +0200.

SANTIAGO, Chile — A powerful magnitude 6.8 earthquake shook the coast of Chile on Sunday, swaying buildings in the capital of Santiago. The national emergency agency said there were no reported injuries or damage to basic services. The U.S.
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15:34 | TREMBLEMENT DE TERRE Un séisme de magnitude 6,8 secoue le cent ... Mon, 30 Sep 2019 16:08:00 +0200.

Chili : Un séisme de magnitude 6,8 secoue le centre et sud, aucun dégât. TREMBLEMENT DE TERRE Les secousses ont beau avoir effrayé les habitants, le tremblement de terre n’a fait aucune victime et aucun dégât matériel. Un graphique des sec
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15:34 TREMBLEMENT DE TERRE Un séisme de magnitude 6,8 secoue le centre ... Mon, 30 Sep 2019 15:59:00 +0200.

Chili : Un séisme de magnitude 6,8 secoue le centre et sud, aucun dégât. TREMBLEMENT DE TERRE Les secousses ont beau avoir effrayé les habitants, le tremblement de terre n’a fait aucune victime et aucun dégât matériel. Un graphique des sec
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Fuerte sismo magnitud 5.6 afectó a CalamaMon, 30 Sep 2019 15:10:00 +0200.

El temblor ocurrió a 114 kilómetros de profundidad. Un fuerte sismo de magnitud preliminar 5.6 en la escala de Richter se registró a las 8:53 horas de este lunes en Calama , Región de Antofagasta. Según indicó el Centro Sismológico Naciona
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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),