Overall Green Earthquake alert in Chile on 02 Sep 2020 03:04 UTC

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M 4.8 in Chile on 02 Sep 2020 03:04 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:	16.09 Km
Lat/Lon:	-27.8829 , -71.4408
Event Date:	02 Sep 2020 03:04 UTC 01 Sep 2020 22:04 Local
Exposed Population:	About 29000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us7000bga9
Inserted at:	03 Sep 2020 01:56 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	3 (Chile)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000bga9	Scaled population (vector)	4.02
	C1 earthquake	1.44
	C2 earthquake	-1.48
	Country Vulnerability	-0.64
	INFORM_normalised	0.75

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1329775		0	02 Sep 2020 03:04	4.7M, 17.61km	N/A	70 thousand (in 100km)		00:09	NEIC
1329975		0	02 Sep 2020 03:04	4.8M, 16.09km	N/A	30 thousand (in 100km)		22:51	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 Atacama (population 238,212) . The nearest places are Carrizal Bajo, Barranquilla, Totoral, Perales, Challe, Portezuelo, Canto de Agua, Chorrillos, Agua de Lazo, Huasco, and Huasco Bajo.

Radius	Population
100 km	29000 people
75 km	13000 people
50 km	1400 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Atacama	Chile	240000 people
Coquimbo	Chile	520000 people
La Rioja	Argentina	230000 people
San Juan	Argentina	550000 people
Antofagasta	Chile	420000 people
Catamarca	Argentina	270000 people
Salta	Argentina	900000 people
Valparaiso	Chile	1.4 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Carrizal Bajo	Atacama	Chile	Village	-	37 km
Barranquilla	Atacama	Chile	Village	-	42 km
Totoral	Atacama	Chile	Village	-	48 km
Perales	Atacama	Chile	Village	-	52 km
Challe	Atacama	Chile	Village	-	53 km
Portezuelo	Atacama	Chile	Village	-	57 km
Canto de Agua	Atacama	Chile	Village	-	58 km
Chorrillos	Atacama	Chile	Village	-	61 km
Agua de Lazo	Atacama	Chile	Village	-	67 km
Huasco	Atacama	Chile	Village	-	68 km
Huasco Bajo	Atacama	Chile	Village	-	69 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Carrizal		Chile	35 km
Huasco	CLHSO	Chile	67 km

More information

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