Overall Green Earthquake alert in Chile on 19 Jun 2016 14:58 UTC

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M 4.6 in Chile on 19 Jun 2016 14:58 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This is a preliminary assessment. The final GDACS Alert Level has been/will be published using more detailed information.

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:	92.46 Km
Lat/Lon:	-35.8008 , -71.3205
Event Date:	19 Jun 2016 14:58 UTC 19 Jun 2016 10:58 Local
Exposed Population:	931231 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us200065dw
Inserted at:	19 Jun 2016 17:09 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	n.a		n.a
us200065dw	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
1131495		n.a	19 Jun 2016 14:58	4.6M, 92.46km	N/A	930 thousand (in 100km)		02:10	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 Maule (population 862,719) . The nearest places are Los Rabones, Rari, Colbún Alto, Capilla Palacio, Ancoa, Colbún, Hornillas, Vara Gruesa, Llepu, Molino Caracol, and Lo Hernández.

Radius	Population
100 km	850000 people
75 km	520000 people
50 km	190000 people
20 km	15000 people
10 km	2000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Maule	Chile	860000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Los Rabones	Maule	Chile	Village	-	2 km
Rari	Maule	Chile	Village	-	11 km
Colbún Alto	Maule	Chile	Village	-	12 km
Capilla Palacio	Maule	Chile	Village	-	13 km
Ancoa	Maule	Chile	Village	-	15 km
Colbún	Maule	Chile	Village	-	16 km
Hornillas	Maule	Chile	Village	-	16 km
Vara Gruesa	Maule	Chile	Village	-	18 km
Llepu	Maule	Chile	Village	-	21 km
Molino Caracol	Maule	Chile	Village	-	21 km
San Antonio	Maule	Chile	Village	-	22 km
Melado	Maule	Chile	Village	-	22 km
Abranquil	Maule	Chile	Village	-	22 km
Rota	Maule	Chile	Village	-	23 km
Esquinas	Maule	Chile	Village	-	24 km
Linares	Maule	Chile	City	69000 people	25 km
Yerbas Buenas	Maule	Chile	Village	-	25 km
San Ramón	Maule	Chile	Village	-	25 km
Lastimas Pejerrey	Maule	Chile	Village	-	26 km
Tres Esquinas	Maule	Chile	Village	-	26 km
Vilches	Maule	Chile	Village	-	27 km
El Cerrillo	Maule	Chile	Village	-	28 km
Santa Ana de Queri	Maule	Chile	Village	-	28 km
Esperanza	Maule	Chile	Village	-	29 km
Corral de Salas	Maule	Chile	Village	-	29 km
Miraflores	Maule	Chile	Village	-	32 km
Putagán	Maule	Chile	Village	-	32 km
Chequén	Maule	Chile	Village	-	33 km
San Carlos	Maule	Chile	Village	-	33 km
San Manuel	Maule	Chile	Village	-	33 km
Estación Villa Alegre	Maule	Chile	Village	-	35 km
Bajos de Lircay	Maule	Chile	Village	-	36 km
San Clemente	Maule	Chile	Village	14000 people	36 km
Longaví	Maule	Chile	Village	28000 people	36 km
Cunaco	Maule	Chile	Village	-	38 km
Huepi	Maule	Chile	Village	-	39 km
El Emboque	Maule	Chile	Village	-	40 km
El Nogal	Maule	Chile	Village	-	40 km
Calle Larga	Maule	Chile	Village	-	40 km
Cuñao	Maule	Chile	Village	-	41 km
La Palmilla	Maule	Chile	Village	-	42 km
Quiñepeumo	Maule	Chile	Village	-	42 km
Villa Alegre	Maule	Chile	Village	-	42 km
Cerrillo Bobadilla	Maule	Chile	Village	-	43 km
Callejones	Maule	Chile	Village	-	44 km
El Torreón	Maule	Chile	Village	-	45 km
San Javier	Maule	Chile	City	22000 people	45 km
Melozal	Maule	Chile	Village	-	45 km
Huilquilemo	Maule	Chile	Village	-	47 km
San Blas	Maule	Chile	Village	-	47 km
Cerrillo Caiván	Maule	Chile	Village	-	47 km
Maule	Maule	Chile	Village	-	47 km
Villa Seca	Maule	Chile	Village	-	48 km
Santa Rosa	Maule	Chile	Village	-	49 km
Pelarco	Maule	Chile	Village	-	50 km
Lo Vargas	Maule	Chile	Village	-	51 km
La Mina Fortuna	Maule	Chile	Village	-	52 km
San José	Maule	Chile	Village	-	53 km
Llancagua	Maule	Chile	Village	-	53 km
Culenar	Maule	Chile	Village	-	54 km
Talca	Maule	Chile	City	190000 people	54 km
Lircay Arriba	Maule	Chile	Village	-	54 km
Caliboro	Maule	Chile	Village	-	54 km
Carrizal	Maule	Chile	Village	-	54 km
Copihue	Maule	Chile	Village	-	55 km
San Nicolás	Maule	Chile	Village	-	56 km
Panguilemo	Maule	Chile	Village	-	56 km
Colín	Maule	Chile	Village	-	56 km
La Cabrería	Maule	Chile	Village	-	57 km
Quillayes	Maule	Chile	Village	-	58 km
Parral	Maule	Chile	Village	27000 people	58 km
Quirquilinco	Maule	Chile	Village	-	58 km
Palgua	Maule	Chile	Village	-	59 km
Colimavia	Maule	Chile	Village	-	59 km
La Huerta del Maule	Maule	Chile	Village	-	59 km
Cumpeo	Maule	Chile	Village	-	60 km
Catillo	Bío-Bío	Chile	Village	-	60 km
San Rafael	Maule	Chile	Village	-	60 km
Pillay	Maule	Chile	Village	-	62 km
Las Minas	Maule	Chile	Village	-	62 km
Campanacura	Maule	Chile	Village	-	63 km
Los Montes	Maule	Chile	Village	-	63 km
Los Padres	Maule	Chile	Village	-	63 km
Linares de Perales	Maule	Chile	Village	-	64 km
El Bolsico	Maule	Chile	Village	-	64 km
Lo Figueroa	Maule	Chile	Village	-	65 km
El Baúl	Maule	Chile	Village	-	65 km
Esquina Borracha	Maule	Chile	Village	-	65 km
El Morro	Maule	Chile	Village	-	67 km
San Gregorio	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	68 km
Camarico	Maule	Chile	Village	-	68 km
Curtiduría	Maule	Chile	Village	-	68 km
Las Tizas	Maule	Chile	Village	-	68 km
Unicavén	Maule	Chile	Village	-	69 km
Lo Hernández	Maule	Chile	Village	-	69 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
Linares	ZLR	180	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3200	21 km
Panguilemo	TLX	113	Priv.	Paved	No	3500	55 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Colbun	Colbun	Maule	1985	17 km
	Bullileo	Bullileo	1949	53 km
Maule	Laguna del Maule	Maule	1957	72 km

More information

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