Overall Green Earthquake alert in Chile on 08 Nov 2016 05:16 UTC

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M 4.9 in Chile on 08 Nov 2016 05:16 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:	4.9M
Depth:	20.03 Km
Lat/Lon:	-36.5898 , -73.4947
Event Date:	08 Nov 2016 05:16 UTC 08 Nov 2016 00:16 Local
Exposed Population:	1079977 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10007685
Inserted at:	08 Nov 2016 06:37 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us10007685	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
1145958		0	08 Nov 2016 05:16	4.9M, 20.03km	N/A	1.1 million (in 100km)		01:20	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 Bio-Bio (population 1,789,433) . The nearest places are San Vicente, Quiriguina I, Talcahuano, El Portón, Hualpencillo, La Boca, Quiapo, Andalién, Concepción, Los Morros, and Guarilihue.

Radius	Population
100 km	1.1 million people
75 km	950000 people
50 km	290000 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Bio-Bio	Chile	1.8 million people
Maule	Chile	860000 people
Araucania	Chile	810000 people
Neuquen	Argentina	400000 people
Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins	Chile	720000 people
Mendoza	Argentina	1.5 million people
Los Lagos	Chile	980000 people
Region Metropolitana	Chile	5.2 million people
Valparaiso	Chile	1.4 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
San Vicente	Bío-Bío	Chile	Village	-	35 km
Quiriguina I	Bío-Bío	Chile	Village	-	35 km
Talcahuano	Bio-Bio	Chile	City	250000 people	37 km
El Portón	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	37 km
Hualpencillo	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	43 km
La Boca	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	44 km
Quiapo	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	46 km
Andalién	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	46 km
Concepción	Bio-Bio	Chile	Major city	210000 people	47 km
Los Morros	Bío-Bío	Chile	Village	-	47 km
Tomé	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	51000 people	48 km
Cerro Verde	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	48 km
Dichato	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	51 km
Fresia	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	54 km
Chiguayante	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	81000 people	55 km
Menque	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	56 km
Poico Chico	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	57 km
Coronel	Bio-Bio	Chile	City	91000 people	57 km
Manquimávida	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	58 km
Vegos de Itata	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	62 km
Pissis	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	62 km
Juan Chico	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	62 km
Boca de Itata	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	63 km
Lota Alto	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	63 km
Lota	Bio-Bio	Chile	City	49000 people	63 km
Rafael	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	63 km
Roa	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	65 km
La Leonera	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	65 km
Gualqui	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	66 km
Puaún	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	66 km
La Araucana	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	67 km
Cajón de Mela	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	68 km
Chañihue	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	68 km
Llico	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	68 km
Laraquete	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	70 km
Guarilihue	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	70 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
Carriel Sur International	CCP	12	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7500	44 km
La Playa		8				0	73 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
San Vicente	CLSVE	Chile	36 km
Talcahuano	CLTAL	Chile	37 km
Talca	CLTLX	Chile	37 km
Lirquen	CLLQN	Chile	48 km
Tome	CLTOM	Chile	48 km
Coronel	CLCNL	Chile	57 km
Lota	CLLTA	Chile	64 km
Puerto Yana		Chile	87 km

More information

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