Overall Green Earthquake alert in Chile on 07 Feb 2017 03:17 UTC

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M 4.8 in Chile on 07 Feb 2017 03:17 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:	4.8M
Depth:	19.57 Km
Lat/Lon:	-29.6686 , -72.0247
Event Date:	07 Feb 2017 03:17 UTC 06 Feb 2017 22:17 Local
Exposed Population:	410000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us20008i2r
Inserted at:	07 Feb 2017 03:42 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	3 (Chile)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.1		0.1
us20008i2r	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1156556		0.1	07 Feb 2017 03:17	4.8M, 19.57km	N/A	420 thousand (in 100km)		00:24	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) . The nearest places are and Trigo Blanco.

Radius	Population
100 km	420000 people
75 km	no 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
Coquimbo	Chile	520000 people
Atacama	Chile	240000 people
San Juan	Argentina	550000 people
La Rioja	Argentina	230000 people
Valparaiso	Chile	1.4 million people
Mendoza	Argentina	1.5 million people
Catamarca	Argentina	270000 people
Region Metropolitana	Chile	5.2 million people
Antofagasta	Chile	420000 people
Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins	Chile	720000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Trigo Blanco	Coquimbo	Chile	Village	-	67 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
Las Tacas		43				0	79 km
La Florida	LSC	146	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6300	84 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Guayacan	CLGYC	Chile	71 km
Cruz Grande	CLCGR	Chile	74 km
Coquimbo	CLCQQ	Chile	74 km

More information

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