Overall Green Earthquake alert in Chile on 27 Oct 2016 20:32 UTC

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M 5.9 in Chile on 27 Oct 2016 20:32 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:	5.9M
Depth:	14.8 Km
Lat/Lon:	-33.7647 , -72.5338
Event Date:	27 Oct 2016 20:32 UTC 27 Oct 2016 15:32 Local
Exposed Population:	About 26000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us100072gn
Inserted at:	27 Oct 2016 20:57 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us100072gn	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
1144314		0	27 Oct 2016 20:32	5.9M, 14.8km	N/A	30 thousand (in 100km)		00:24	NEIC

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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 Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins (population 718,504) . The nearest places are El Guanaco, Tumán, Matanzas, La Boca, and Navidad.

Radius	Population
100 km	26000 people
75 km	<1000 people
50 km	no people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins	Chile	720000 people
Valparaiso	Chile	1.4 million people
Region Metropolitana	Chile	5.2 million people
Maule	Chile	860000 people
Coquimbo	Chile	520000 people
Mendoza	Argentina	1.5 million people
Bio-Bio	Chile	1.8 million people
San Juan	Argentina	550000 people
Neuquen	Argentina	400000 people
Araucania	Chile	810000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
El Guanaco	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	64 km
Tumán	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	65 km
Matanzas	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	66 km
La Boca	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	66 km
Navidad	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	69 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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