M 5.9 in Chile on 10 Oct 2020 13:14 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: 5.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -28.5676 , -112.3045
Event Date: 10 Oct 2020 13:14 UTC
10 Oct 2020 06:14 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us6000c7b1
Inserted at: 11 Oct 2020 13:20 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 (Chile)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000c7b1 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1337109 0 10 Oct 2020 13:14 6M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:17 NEIC
1337111 0 10 Oct 2020 13:14 6M, 10km N/A N/A (in MMI>=VII) 02:06 NEIC
1337128 0 10 Oct 2020 13:14 5.9M, 10km N/A N/A (in MMI>=VII) 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 unknowed a zone. The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1337111 -28.647/-112.274 6.0 10.0 None 10 Oct 2020 13:38 00:23 (new episode)
2 0 1337111 -28.62/-112.387 6.0 10.0 None 10 Oct 2020 14:41 01:26 (upd of #1)
3 0 1337111 -28.62/-112.387 6.0 10.0 None 10 Oct 2020 15:21 02:06 (upd of #2)
4 0 1337128 -28.568/-112.304 5.9 10.0 None 10 Oct 2020 16:38 03:23 (new episode)
5 0 1337128 -28.568/-112.304 5.9 10.0 None 11 Oct 2020 13:20 1d 00:05 (upd of #4)

Affected Provinces



Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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