Overall Green Earthquake alert in Chile on 27 Aug 2016 20:14 UTC

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M 4.5 in Chile on 27 Aug 2016 20:14 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:	24.27 Km
Lat/Lon:	-38.0841 , -73.4245
Event Date:	27 Aug 2016 20:14 UTC 27 Aug 2016 17:14 Local
Exposed Population:	386685 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us20006umh
Inserted at:	27 Aug 2016 21:03 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us20006umh	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
1138067		0	27 Aug 2016 20:14	4.5M, 24.27km	N/A	390 thousand (in 100km)		00:48	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 Bio-Bio (population 1,789,433) . The nearest places are El Malo, Pichihuechui, Hostería Lanalhue, Contulmo, Quidico, Colonia Alemana, Los Notros, Tirúa, Cañete, and Ipinco.

Radius	Population
100 km	390000 people
75 km	200000 people
50 km	85000 people
20 km	11000 people
10 km	3800 people
5 km	1300 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Bio-Bio	Chile	1.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
El Malo	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	7 km
Pichihuechui	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	11 km
Hostería Lanalhue	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	19 km
Contulmo	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	19 km
Quidico	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	19 km
Colonia Alemana	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	20 km
Los Notros	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	23 km
Tirúa	Bío-Bío	Chile	Village	-	29 km
Cañete	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	31000 people	31 km
Ipinco	Araucania	Chile	Village	-	31 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
La Playa		8				0	98 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Lebu	CLLEB	Chile	58 km
Puerto Yana		Chile	82 km

More information

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