M 6.9 in Chile on 11 Nov 2015 01:54 UTC

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: 6.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -29.4393 , -72.1054
Event Date: 11 Nov 2015 01:54 UTC
10 Nov 2015 20:54 Local
Exposed Population: 310000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 11 Nov 2015 02:27 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0.8 0.8 0.8
Scaled population (vector) n.a Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake n.a Max wave realtime 0.8m  
  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
1105751 0.5 11 Nov 2015 01:54 6.6M, 33km N/A 4 thousand (in 100km) 0.1m (at 00:18) 00:08 PTWC
1105753 0.5 11 Nov 2015 01:54 6.6M, 10km N/A 10 thousand (in 100km) 0.3m (at 00:16) 00:08 GEOFON
1105754 0.5 11 Nov 2015 01:54 6.6M, 32km N/A 4 thousand (in 100km) 0.1m (at 00:18) 00:11 NTWC    
1105757 0.5 11 Nov 2015 01:54 6.6M, 10km N/A 350 thousand (in 100km) 0.3m (at 00:15) 00:20 NEIC
1105762 0.8 11 Nov 2015 01:54 6.9M, 10km 4.84 310 thousand (in 100km) 0.8m (at 00:16) 00:32 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) .

Radius Population
100 km 310000 people
75 km 14000 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 Atacama 240000 people

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Cruz Grande CLCGR Chile 78 km
Guayacan CLGYC Chile 93 km
Coquimbo CLCQQ Chile 96 km

More information

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