M 5.8 in Chile on 29 Oct 2018 20:17 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: 5.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -57.55 , -66.3054
Event Date: 29 Oct 2018 20:17 UTC
29 Oct 2018 16:17 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us1000hip5
Inserted at: 29 Oct 2018 22:33 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 (Chile)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000hip5 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1234066 0 29 Oct 2018 20:17 5.7M, 10km 3.33 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:17 NEIC
1234092 0 29 Oct 2018 20:17 5.8M, 10km 3.35 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 02:16 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 Magallanes y de la Antartica Chilena (population 147,750) .

Radius Population
100 km no 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
Magallanes y de la Antartica Chilena Chile 150000 people
Tierra del Fuego Argentina 72000 people

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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