Overall Green Earthquake alert in Chile on 19 Sep 2015 12:52 UTC

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M 6.2 in Chile on 19 Sep 2015 12:52 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:	6.2M
Depth:	10.62 Km
Lat/Lon:	-32.3344 , -72.0915
Event Date:	19 Sep 2015 12:52 UTC 19 Sep 2015 07:52 Local
Exposed Population:	810000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	19 Sep 2015 13:15 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.7		0.7
	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
1098222		0.7	19 Sep 2015 12:52	6.2M, 10.62km	4.48	810 thousand (in 100km)		00:22	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 Coquimbo (population 520,420) . The nearest places are and Valparaíso.

Radius	Population
100 km	810000 people
75 km	68000 people
50 km	no people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

	Country	Region Province	Population
	Chile	Coquimbo	520000 people
	Chile	Valparaiso	1.4 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Valparaíso	Valparaiso	Chile	Major city	270000 people	91 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
Quintero		5	Civ.	Paved	Yes	3900	74 km
Vina del Mar	KNA	120	Mil.	Paved	Yes	5700	89 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Papudo		Chile	62 km
Quintero	CLQTV	Chile	71 km
Los Vilos	CLLOS	Chile	73 km

More information

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