Overall Green Earthquake alert in Chile on 20 Nov 2012 16:23 UTC

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M 5.4 in Chile on 20 Nov 2012 16:23 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.

Updated: this report is based on episode 1.

Earthquake Magnitude:	5.4M
Depth:	15.4 Km
Lat/Lon:	-33.9579 , -72.3163
Event Date:	20 Nov 2012 16:23 UTC 20 Nov 2012 11:23 Local
Exposed Population:	300000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC usc000dvj3
Inserted at:	20 Nov 2012 17:51 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0.5
usc000dvj3	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
120980		0.5	20 Nov 2012 16:23	5.4M, 11.8km	N/A	480 thousand (in 100km)		00:19	NEIC
120984		0.5	20 Nov 2012 16:23	5.4M, 15.4km	N/A	300 thousand (in 100km)		01:28	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 Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins (population 718,504) . The nearest places are El Guanaco, Tumán, Matanzas, La Boca, Navidad, El Maitén, La Patagüilla, Licancheo, Valle Negro, El Tonel, and El Quisco.

Radius	Population
100 km	300000 people
75 km	160000 people
50 km	9000 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
Mendoza	Argentina	1.5 million people
Coquimbo	Chile	520000 people
Bio-Bio	Chile	1.8 million people
San Juan	Argentina	550000 people
Neuquen	Argentina	400000 people
Araucania	Chile	810000 people
La Pampa	Argentina	270000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
El Guanaco	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	24 km
Tumán	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	26 km
Matanzas	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	26 km
La Boca	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	27 km
Navidad	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	30 km
El Maitén	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	31 km
La Patagüilla	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	31 km
Licancheo	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	32 km
Valle Negro	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	33 km
El Tonel	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	33 km
El Arco	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	34 km
Quiñicabe	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	35 km
Rapel	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	38 km
San Vicente de Arrayanes	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	38 km
Colegio de Bucalemu	Valparaiso	Chile	Village	-	39 km
San Vicente	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	39 km
El Culenar	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	41 km
Villa de Cartagena	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	43 km
El Rosario	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	44 km
Ranquilco	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	46 km
Cartagena	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	46 km
Los Manantiales	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	48 km
Los Ranchones	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	50 km
La Matancilla	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	50 km
El Convento	Valparaíso	Chile	Village	-	53 km
La Aguada	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	54 km
Pichilemu	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	54 km
Comunidad de Quelentaro	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	54 km
La Estrella	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	55 km
Posada Lilén	Valparaiso	Chile	Village	-	55 km
El Chagaray	Region Metropolitana	Chile	Village	-	55 km
El Cuzco	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	56 km
San Enrique	Region Metropolitana	Chile	Village	-	56 km
Rocas de Santo Domingo	Valparaíso	Chile	Village	-	57 km
Quilamuta	Region Metropolitana	Chile	Village	-	58 km
Llolleo	Valparaiso	Chile	Village	-	58 km
El Prado	Region Metropolitana	Chile	Village	-	59 km
San Antonio	Valparaiso	Chile	City	85000 people	59 km
El Encañado	Region Metropolitana	Chile	Village	-	60 km
Coipué	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	60 km
Quincanque	Region Metropolitana	Chile	Village	-	60 km
Larraín Alcalde	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	61 km
San Juan	Valparaiso	Chile	Village	-	61 km
Chacurra	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	61 km
Loica	Region Metropolitana	Chile	Village	-	62 km
Ciruelos	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	62 km
Viluco	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	63 km
Las Pataguas	Region Metropolitana	Chile	Village	-	63 km
El Crucero	Region Metropolitana	Chile	Village	-	63 km
Cartagena	Valparaiso	Chile	Village	-	64 km
Marchigüe	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	65 km
Alto Ramírez	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	65 km
Chequén	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	65 km
Malvilla	Valparaiso	Chile	Village	-	66 km
Cardonal	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	66 km
Túnel del Árbol	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	66 km
Las Cruces	Valparaiso	Chile	Village	-	66 km
Las Chacras	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	66 km
Cáhuil	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	66 km
Cardillos	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	67 km
El Tabo	Valparaiso	Chile	Village	-	68 km
La Villa	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	68 km
Longovilo	Region Metropolitana	Chile	Village	-	68 km
El Sauce	Region Metropolitana	Chile	Village	-	69 km
Alcones	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	69 km
Los Maitenes	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	70 km
Cuncumén	Regíon Metropolitana	Chile	Village	-	70 km
El Quisco	Valparaíso	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
Rapelhuapi		149	Priv.	Unpaved	No	3200	61 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
San Antonio	CLSAI	Chile	60 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Rapel	Rapel	1968	53 km

More information

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