M 6.3 in Chile on 29 Oct 2018 06:54 UTC

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: 6.3M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -57.4045 , -66.4086
Event Date: 29 Oct 2018 06:54 UTC
29 Oct 2018 02:54 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us1000hied
Inserted at: 29 Oct 2018 07:15 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 (Chile)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)
Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us1000hied Scaled population (vector) 0 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 shakemap 0.53      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 1      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1233914 0 29 Oct 2018 06:54 6.3M, 10km 3.86 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0m (at 00:00) 00:21 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 ,of Magallanes y de la Antartica Chilena. The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1233914 -57.404/-66.409 6.3 10 3.59 29 Oct 2018 07:16 00:21 (new episode)
2 0 1233914 -57.404/-66.409 6.3 10 3.86 29 Oct 2018 08:56 02:02 (upd of #1)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Magallanes y de la Antartica Chilena Chile no people
Tierra del Fuego Argentina <1000 people


Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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