M 5.6 in Chile on 30 Sep 2019 11:53 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters
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: 5.6M
Depth: 110.58 Km
Lat/Lon: -22.2093 , -68.6552
Event Date: 30 Sep 2019 11:53 UTC
30 Sep 2019 08:53 Local
Exposed Population: 150000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us70005nud
Inserted at: 01 Oct 2019 11:55 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 5.4 (Bolivia)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries: Bolivia= 5.4; Chile= 3

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70005nud Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.04  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1272655 0 30 Sep 2019 11:53 5.6M, 110.58km 3.94 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 1d 00:02 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 unknowed a zone. The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1272655 -22.209/-68.655 5.6 110.6 3.862 30 Sep 2019 12:14 00:21 (new episode)
2 0 1272655 -22.209/-68.655 5.6 110.6 3.943 30 Sep 2019 13:56 02:02 (upd of #1)
3 0 1272655 -22.209/-68.655 5.6 110.6 3.943 01 Oct 2019 11:55 1d 00:02 (upd of #2)

Affected Provinces



Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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