Overall Green Earthquake alert in Chile on 28 Oct 2020 04:52 UTC

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M 5.5 in Chile on 28 Oct 2020 04:52 UTC

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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:	5.5M
Depth:	58.28 Km
Lat/Lon:	-34.8891 , -71.709
Event Date:	28 Oct 2020 04:52 UTC 28 Oct 2020 01:52 Local
Exposed Population:	1240000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us7000c6lj
Inserted at:	29 Oct 2020 04:56 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	3 (Chile)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000c6lj	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 shakemap	-1.16
	C2 shakemap	0.54
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.75

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
1340016		0	28 Oct 2020 04:52	5.5M, 58.28km	4.42	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		1d 00:04	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 Maule (population 270,289) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1340016	-34.889/-71.709	5.5	58.3	4.259	28 Oct 2020 05:12	00:20	(new episode)
2	1340016	-34.889/-71.709	5.5	58.3	4.441	28 Oct 2020 06:09	01:17	(upd of #1)
3	1340016	-34.889/-71.709	5.5	58.3	4.41	28 Oct 2020 06:55	02:03	(upd of #2)
4	1340016	-34.885/-71.705	5.5	57.9	4.416	29 Oct 2020 04:56	1d 00:04	(upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Maule	Chile	740000 people
Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins	Chile	460000 people
Region Metropolitana	Chile	3100 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
El Membrillo	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	7 km
Gualañe	Maule	Chile	Village	-	12 km
Punta de la Piedra	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	20 km
La Huerta	Maule	Chile	Village	-	23 km
Villa Prat	Maule	Chile	Village	-	24 km
Vichuquén	Maule	Chile	Village	-	25 km
Quesería	Maule	Chile	Village	-	25 km
Nilahue Cornejo	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	27 km
Licantén	Maule	Chile	Village	-	29 km
Las Higueras	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	30 km
Sagrada Familia	Maule	Chile	Village	-	32 km
Paredones	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	32 km
Rauco	Maule	Chile	Village	-	36 km
Curepto	Maule	Chile	Village	-	36 km
Puente Alto	Maule	Chile	Village	-	41 km
Santa Cruz	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	33000 people	42 km
Iloca	Maule	Chile	Village	-	43 km
Chépica	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	44 km
Lontué	Maule	Chile	Village	-	44 km
Curicó	Maule	Chile	City	120000 people	44 km
Molina	Maule	Chile	City	29000 people	46 km
Gualleco	Maule	Chile	Village	-	47 km
Sarmiento	Maule	Chile	Village	-	47 km
La Villa	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	49 km
San Rafael	Maule	Chile	Village	-	49 km
Teno	Maule	Chile	Village	6800 people	51 km
Peralillo	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	52 km
Población	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	52 km
Chanquiuque	Maule	Chile	Village	-	53 km
Nancagua	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	53 km
Ciruelos	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	54 km
Romeral	Maule	Chile	Village	-	54 km
Marchihue	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	56 km
Marchigüe	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	56 km
Lo Figueroa	Maule	Chile	Village	-	56 km
Talca	Maule	Chile	City	190000 people	59 km
Pelarco	Maule	Chile	Village	-	60 km
Placilla	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	61 km
Pichilemu	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	62 km
La Yesca	Maule	Chile	Village	-	63 km
Chimbarongo	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	17000 people	64 km
Tanguao	Maule	Chile	Village	-	66 km
Linares de Perales	Maule	Chile	Village	-	69 km
Maule	Maule	Chile	Village	-	70 km
Pichidegua	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	72 km
San Clemente	Maule	Chile	Village	14000 people	74 km
San Fernando	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	City	52000 people	74 km
Peumo	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	74 km
Las Cabras	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	76 km
San Vicente de Taguatagua	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	77 km
La Estrella	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	77 km
San Javier	Maule	Chile	City	22000 people	78 km
Puente Negro	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	80 km
Constitución	Maule	Chile	Village	46000 people	80 km
Nirivilo	Maule	Chile	Village	-	81 km
Manzano	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	85 km
Esquinas	Maule	Chile	Village	-	85 km
El Rosario	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	87 km
San Vicente	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	87 km
Estación Villa Alegre	Maule	Chile	Village	-	89 km
Pelequén	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	89 km
Empedrado	Maule	Chile	Village	-	93 km
Colbún	Maule	Chile	Village	-	94 km
Rengo	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	38000 people	94 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
Panguilemo	TLX	113	Priv.	Paved	No	3500	55 km
Quivolgo		14	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3100	77 km
Rapelhuapi		149	Priv.	Unpaved	No	3200	89 km

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Constitucion		Chile	78 km

Dams

Intensity	Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
		Rapel	Rapel	1968	95 km

More information

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