M 4.5 in Chile on 19 Oct 2015 02:41 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: 4.5M
Depth: 45.29 Km
Lat/Lon: -34.7992 , -71.6758
Event Date: 19 Oct 2015 02:41 UTC
18 Oct 2015 23:41 Local
Exposed Population:
1204124 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 19 Oct 2015 02:54 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
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.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1102633 0 19 Oct 2015 02:41 4.5M, 45.29km N/A 1.2 million (in 100km) 00:13 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 , Region of Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins (population 718,504) . The nearest places are Santiago, and El Membrillo.

Radius Population
100 km 1.2 million people
75 km 920000 people
50 km 340000 people
20 km 24000 people
10 km 9300 people
5 km 2700 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Chile 720000 people
Maule Chile 860000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
El Membrillo Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins Chile Village - 4 km
Santiago Regi�n Metropolitana Chile Capital 4.8 million people 176 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 66 km
Rapelhuapi 149 Priv. Unpaved No 3200 78 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Constitucion Chile 87 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Rapel Rapel 1968 84 km

More information

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