Overall Green Earthquake alert in Chile on 05 Mar 2016 17:31 UTC

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M 4.6 in Chile on 05 Mar 2016 17:31 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:	4.6M
Depth:	38.28 Km
Lat/Lon:	-20.7355 , -69.7591
Event Date:	05 Mar 2016 17:31 UTC 05 Mar 2016 14:31 Local
Exposed Population:	239645 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	05 Mar 2016 19:39 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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1121469		0	05 Mar 2016 17:31	4.6M, 38.28km	N/A	240 thousand (in 100km)		02:07	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 Tarapaca (population 350,373) . The nearest places are Iquique, Oficina Iris, Pintados, El Huaicazo, Oficina Victoria, Oficina Aurrera, Argentina, Oficina Diana, Lagunas, La Granja, and Buenaventura.

Radius	Population
100 km	240000 people
75 km	230000 people
50 km	7600 people
20 km	<1000 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Tarapaca	Chile	350000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Oficina Victoria	Tarapacï¿½	Chile	Village	-	11 km
Buenaventura	Tarapacï¿½	Chile	Village	-	11 km
Oficina Aurrera	Tarapaca	Chile	Village	-	17 km
Pintados	Tarapacï¿½	Chile	Village	-	20 km
Oficina Iris	Tarapaca	Chile	Village	-	23 km
La Granja	Tarapacï¿½	Chile	Village	-	23 km
Oficina Virginia	Tarapaca	Chile	Village	-	28 km
Lagunas	Tarapacï¿½	Chile	Village	-	29 km
Oficina Diana	Tarapacï¿½	Chile	Village	-	30 km
Argentina	Tarapacï¿½	Chile	Village	-	34 km
El Huaicazo	Tarapaca	Chile	Village	-	35 km
Santa Ana	Tarapaca	Chile	Village	-	35 km
Iquique	Tarapacï¿½	Chile	Major city	220000 people	70 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
Oficina Victoria		1000					14 km
Canchones West		914					36 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Patillos Cove	CLPTI	Chile	46 km
Iquique	CLIQQ	Chile	71 km

More information

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