Overall Green Earthquake alert in Chile on 29 Sep 2019 15:57 UTC

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M 6.8 in Chile on 29 Sep 2019 15:57 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:	6.8M
Depth:	11 Km
Lat/Lon:	-35.4734 , -73.1624
Event Date:	29 Sep 2019 15:57 UTC 29 Sep 2019 10:57 Local
Exposed Population:	About 45000 people in MMI 100000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us70005nie
Inserted at:	30 Sep 2019 16:03 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	3 (Chile)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0.2		0.2
us70005nie	Scaled population (vector)	0	Max wave alert	0.24m
	C1 shakemap	-1.16	Max wave realtime	0.24m
	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	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1272488	0.1	29 Sep 2019 15:57	6.6M, 10km	N/A	No people affected (in 100km)	0.2m (at 00:22)	00:06	GEOFON
1272489	0.2	29 Sep 2019 15:57	6.6M, 10km	N/A	130 thousand (in 100km)	0.3m (at 00:19)	00:09	PTWC
1272490	0.3	29 Sep 2019 15:57	6.6M, 10km	N/A	120 thousand (in 100km)	0.3m (at 00:20)	00:09	NTWC
1272495	0.7	29 Sep 2019 15:57	7.2M, 9.79km	6.42	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	0.7m (at 00:34)	00:24	NEIC
1272504	0.2	29 Sep 2019 15:57	6.8M, 16.48km	6.46	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	0.2m (at 00:35)	00:53	NEIC
1272539	0.2	29 Sep 2019 15:57	6.8M, 11km	6.32	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	0.2m (at 00:32)	1d 00:05	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 28,072) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	51000 people
	52000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1272495	-35.476/-73.145	7.2	9.8	6.423	29 Sep 2019 16:21	00:24	(new episode)
2	1272504	-35.476/-73.145	7.2	9.8	6.423	29 Sep 2019 16:33	00:35	(new episode)
3	1272504	-35.48/-73.129	6.8	16.5	5.975	29 Sep 2019 16:37	00:39	(upd of #2)
4	1272504	-35.475/-73.132	6.8	15.8	5.968	29 Sep 2019 16:51	00:53	(upd of #3)
5	1272504	-35.475/-73.132	6.8	15.8	6.464	29 Sep 2019 18:02	02:05	(upd of #4)
6	1272539	-35.475/-73.132	6.8	15.8	6.464	29 Sep 2019 20:20	04:22	(new episode)
7	1272539	-35.473/-73.162	6.8	11.0	6.421	29 Sep 2019 20:22	04:24	(upd of #6)
8	1272539	-35.473/-73.162	6.8	11.0	6.315	30 Sep 2019 16:03	1d 00:05	(upd of #7)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Maule	Chile	49000 people
Bio-Bio	Chile	<1000 people
Maule	Chile	47000 people
Bio-Bio	Chile	4700 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Loanco	Maule	Chile	Village	-	52 km
Chanco	Maule	Chile	Village	-	63 km
Chevelle	Maule	Chile	Village	-	64 km
Las Lomas	Maule	Chile	Village	-	65 km
Trogualemo	Maule	Chile	Village	-	65 km
Los Tablones	Maule	Chile	Village	-	68 km
Constitución	Maule	Chile	Village	46000 people	70 km
Empedrado	Maule	Chile	Village	-	81 km
Buchupureo	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	76 km
Cielo	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	81 km
Pilén	Maule	Chile	Village	-	85 km
Cauquenes	Maule	Chile	City	31000 people	94 km
Cancha Alegre	Maule	Chile	Village	-	95 km
Chanquiuque	Maule	Chile	Village	-	95 km
Los Pinos	Maule	Chile	Village	-	101 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Intensity	Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
	Quivolgo		14	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3100	73 km

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Constitucion		Chile	72 km

More information

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