Overall Green Earthquake alert in Chile on 30 May 2023 16:51 UTC

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M 5.5 in Chile on 30 May 2023 16:51 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

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

Earthquake Magnitude:	5.5M
Depth:	37.375 Km
Lat/Lon:	-20.6675 , -70.6367
Event Date:	30 May 2023 16:51 UTC 30 May 2023 11:51 Local
Exposed Population:	270 thousand in MMI IV
Source:	NEIC us7000k51s
Inserted at:	30 May 2023 17:11 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	1.1 (Chile)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000k51s	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	0
	C2 shakemap	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1508382		0	30 May 2023 16:51	5.5M, 37.375km	4.91	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:20	NEIC

The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.

The episode that has the last updated information.

* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Chile ,of Tarapaca (population 350,373) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	240000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1508382	-70.637/-20.668	5.5	37.4	3.997	30 May 2023 17:15	00:23	(new episode)
2	1508382	-70.637/-20.668	5.5	37.4	4.018	30 May 2023 17:31	00:40	(upd of #1)
3	1508382	-70.637/-20.668	5.5	37.4	4.915	30 May 2023 18:15	01:23	(upd of #2)
4	1508382	-70.637/-20.668	5.5	37.4	4.915	30 May 2023 18:57	02:05	(upd of #3)
5	1508382	-70.637/-20.668	5.5	37.4	5.104	31 May 2023 17:40	1d 00:48	(upd of #4)
6	1508382	-70.634/-20.704	5.5	24.6	4.913	06 Jun 2023 23:50	7d 06:59	(upd of #5)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Tarapaca	Chile	240000 people
Tarapaca	Chile	78000 people
Tarapaca	Chile	17000 people
Antofagasta	Chile	<1000 people
Tarapaca	Chile	no people
Oruro	Bolivia	<1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Iquique	Tarapacá	Chile	Major city	220000 people	71 km
Buenaventura	Tarapacá	Chile	Village	-	97 km
Pozo Almonte	Tarapacá	Chile	Village	-	100 km
Humberstone	Tarapacá	Chile	Village	-	102 km
Pintados	Tarapacá	Chile	Village	-	105 km
Lagunas	Tarapacá	Chile	Village	-	106 km
Huara	Tarapacá	Chile	Village	-	117 km
Negreiros	Tarapacá	Chile	Village	-	121 km
Pisagua	Tarapacá	Chile	Village	-	126 km
Oficina Angela	Tarapaca	Chile	Village	-	129 km
Calera	Tarapacá	Chile	Village	-	134 km
Zapiga	Tarapacá	Chile	Village	-	134 km
Puauiro de Nunez	Tarapaca	Chile	Village	-	134 km
Matilla	Tarapacá	Chile	Village	-	134 km
Pica	Tarapacá	Chile	Village	-	140 km
Tarapacá	Tarapacá	Chile	Village	-	144 km
Guatacondo	Tarapacá	Chile	Village	-	159 km
Laonsana	Tarapacá	Chile	Village	-	162 km
Camarones	Tarapacá	Chile	Village	-	201 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Los Condores		520				0	73 km
Diego Aracena International	IQQ	48	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10900	50 km
Oficina Victoria		1000				0	106 km
Canchones West		914				0	107 km
Zapiga		1160				0	138 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Iquique	CLIQQ	Chile	72 km
Patillos Cove	CLPTI	Chile	47 km
Pisagua	CLPIS	Chile	125 km

More information

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