Overall Green Earthquake alert in Chile on 14 Aug 2014 00:02 UTC

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M 5.3 in Chile on 14 Aug 2014 00:02 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:	5.3M
Depth:	52.97 Km
Lat/Lon:	-20.15 , -69.99
Event Date:	14 Aug 2014 00:02 UTC 13 Aug 2014 20:02 Local
Exposed Population:	240000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	14 Aug 2014 22:39 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.2		0.2
	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.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1057488		0.3	14 Aug 2014 00:02	5.7M, 48.52km	N/A	240 thousand (in 100km)		00:21	NEIC
1057618		0.2	14 Aug 2014 00:02	5.3M, 52.97km	N/A	240 thousand (in 100km)		22:36	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 272,596) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	270000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1057618	-20.15/-69.99	5.3	52.97	0	17 Oct 2016 10:07	795d 10:04	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Tarapaca	Chile	270000 people
	Tarapaca	Chile	27000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Iquique	Tarapacá	Chile	Major city	220000 people	18 km
Humberstone	Tarapacá	Chile	Village	-	22 km
Pozo Almonte	Tarapacá	Chile	Village	-	25 km
Huara	Tarapacá	Chile	Village	-	29 km
Negreiros	Tarapacá	Chile	Village	-	35 km
Oficina Angela	Tarapaca	Chile	Village	-	48 km
Zapiga	Tarapacá	Chile	Village	-	57 km
Tarapacá	Tarapacá	Chile	Village	-	57 km
Pintados	Tarapacá	Chile	Village	-	63 km
Pisagua	Tarapacá	Chile	Village	-	64 km
Calera	Tarapacá	Chile	Village	-	67 km
Quiuña	Tarapacá	Chile	Village	-	71 km
Matilla	Tarapacá	Chile	Village	-	77 km
Pica	Tarapacá	Chile	Village	-	80 km
Buenaventura	Tarapacá	Chile	Village	-	80 km
Turiza	Tarapacá	Chile	Village	-	82 km
Puauiro de Nunez	Tarapaca	Chile	Village	-	83 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	16 km
Diego Aracena International	IQQ	48	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10900	47 km
Canchones West		914				0	48 km
Zapiga		1160				0	59 km
Oficina Victoria		1000				0	75 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Iquique	CLIQQ	Chile	18 km
Pisagua	CLPIS	Chile	65 km
Patillos Cove	CLPTI	Chile	70 km

More information

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