M 4.7 in Chile on 19 Oct 2015 14:37 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: 4.7M
Depth: 79.17 Km
Lat/Lon: -33.4845 , -70.8617
Event Date: 19 Oct 2015 14:37 UTC
19 Oct 2015 11:37 Local
Exposed Population:
8473888 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 19 Oct 2015 18:06 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -0.9 -0.9
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
1102709 -0.9 19 Oct 2015 14:37 4.7M, 79.17km N/A 8.5 million (in 100km) 03:28 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 Region Metropolitana (population 5,170,293) . The nearest places are Santiago, and La Africana.

Radius Population
100 km 8.5 million people
75 km 7.2 million people
50 km 6.4 million people
20 km 2.3 million people
10 km 200000 people
5 km 4700 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Region Metropolitana Chile 5.2 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
La Africana Region Metropolitana Chile Village - 6 km
Santiago Regi�n Metropolitana Chile Capital 4.8 million people 20 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
Arturo Merino Benitez International SCL 474 Civ. Paved Yes 10400 13 km
Los Cerrillos ULC 511 Civ. Paved Yes 6900 15 km
El Bosque 561 Mil. Paved No 6000 18 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
San Antonio CLSAI Chile 71 km
Valparaiso CLVAP Chile 87 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Yeso Yeso Yeso 1967 75 km

More information

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