M 5.5 in Chile on 05 Feb 2023 01:02 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact
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: 68.019 Km
Lat/Lon: -29.6451 , -71.2485
Event Date: 05 Feb 2023 01:02 UTC
04 Feb 2023 22:02 Local
Exposed Population: 480 thousand in MMI IV
Source: NEIC us6000jlhg
Inserted at: 05 Feb 2023 01:21 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 3 (Chile)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000jlhg Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

The green area correspond to areas affected by strong shaking (MMI VI or higher) according to the simulation.


Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1486966 0 05 Feb 2023 01:02 5.5M, 68.019km 4.15 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 00:18 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.

Rapid Impact

The results presented below are calculated with the ShakeMap open source software (USGS) using only earthquake hypocenter information to provide a rapid estimation of the ground motion and shaking intensity without taking into account any instrumental observations or earthquake source scaling laws.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Chile ,of Coquimbo (population 354,537) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Coquimbo Chile 350000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Totoralillo Coquimbo Chile Village - 15 km
Los Palos Coquimbo Chile Village - 17 km
Almirante Latorre Coquimbo Chile Village - 28 km
La Serena Coquimbo Chile City 150000 people 28 km
Islón Coquimbo Chile Village - 29 km
San Ramón Coquimbo Chile Village - 35 km
Coquimbo Coquimbo Chile City 160000 people 37 km
Choros Bajos Coquimbo Chile Village - 40 km

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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
La Florida LSC 146 Civ. Paved Yes 6300 30 km

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Cruz Grande CLCGR Chile 23 km
Coquimbo CLCQQ Chile 36 km
Guayacan CLGYC Chile 37 km

More information

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