Overall Green Earthquake alert in Chile on 09 Aug 2016 17:56 UTC

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M 4.5 in Chile on 09 Aug 2016 17:56 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:	4.5M
Depth:	17.68 Km
Lat/Lon:	-31.735 , -72.1962
Event Date:	09 Aug 2016 17:56 UTC 09 Aug 2016 12:56 Local
Exposed Population:	About 29419 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10006cds
Inserted at:	10 Aug 2016 14:18 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us10006cds	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.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1136186		0	09 Aug 2016 17:56	4.5M, 30km	N/A	30 thousand (in 100km)		02:36	NEIC
1136256		0	09 Aug 2016 17:56	4.5M, 17.68km	N/A	30 thousand (in 100km)		20:21	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 , Region of Coquimbo (population 520,420) . The nearest places are Huentelauquén, Chigualoco, Angostura, Los Vilos, Conchalí, Quillaicillo, and Gauchal.

Radius	Population
100 km	29000 people
75 km	<1000 people
50 km	no people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Coquimbo	Chile	520000 people
Valparaiso	Chile	1.4 million people
San Juan	Argentina	550000 people
Region Metropolitana	Chile	5.2 million people
Mendoza	Argentina	1.5 million people
Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins	Chile	720000 people
Atacama	Chile	240000 people
Maule	Chile	860000 people
La Rioja	Argentina	230000 people
Bio-Bio	Chile	1.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Huentelauquén	Coquimbo	Chile	Village	-	65 km
Chigualoco	Coquimbo	Chile	Village	-	66 km
Angostura	Coquimbo	Chile	Village	-	67 km
Los Vilos	Coquimbo	Chile	Village	-	68 km
Conchalí	Coquimbo	Chile	Village	-	69 km
Quillaicillo	Coquimbo	Chile	Village	-	69 km
Gauchal	Coquimbo	Chile	Village	-	69 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Los Vilos	CLLOS	Chile	68 km

More information

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