Overall Green Earthquake alert in Chile on 01 Aug 2019 18:28 UTC

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M 6.8 in Chile on 01 Aug 2019 18:28 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:	6.8M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	-34.2396 , -72.2825
Event Date:	01 Aug 2019 18:28 UTC 01 Aug 2019 13:28 Local
Exposed Population:	Less than 100 people in MMI VII 300000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us60004yps
Inserted at:	01 Aug 2019 19:16 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	3 (Chile)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0.4		0.4
us60004yps	Scaled population (raster)	0	Max wave alert	0.4m
	C1 shakemap	-1.16	Max wave realtime	0.4m
	C2 shakemap	0.54
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.75

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1267817	0.1	01 Aug 2019 18:28	6.5M, 10km	N/A	110 thousand (in 100km)	0.1m (at 00:18)	00:07	PTWC
1267819	0.1	01 Aug 2019 18:28	6.5M, 10km	N/A	140 thousand (in 100km)	0.2m (at 00:11)	00:09	NTWC
1267823	0.4	01 Aug 2019 18:28	6.8M, 10km	6.09	634 (in MMI>=VII)	0.4m (at 00:12)	00:48	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 Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins (population 1) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	7500 people
	160000 people
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	0.1	1267823	-34.24/-72.282	6.8	10.0	6.584	01 Aug 2019 18:50	00:22	(new episode)
2	0	1267823	-34.24/-72.282	6.8	10.0	6.317	01 Aug 2019 19:01	00:33	(upd of #1)
3	0	1267823	-34.232/-72.3	6.8	10.0	6.277	01 Aug 2019 19:16	00:48	(upd of #2)
4	0	1267823	-34.232/-72.3	6.8	10.0	6.482	01 Aug 2019 20:33	02:05	(upd of #3)
5	0	1267823	-34.232/-72.3	6.8	10.0	6.088	02 Aug 2019 18:33	1d 00:05	(upd of #4)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins	Chile	6200 people
Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins	Chile	120000 people
Valparaiso	Chile	5700 people
Maule	Chile	13000 people
Region Metropolitana	Chile	12000 people
Valparaiso	Chile	1800 people
Maule	Chile	<1000 people
Region Metropolitana	Chile	<1000 people
Mendoza	Argentina	<1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
La Villa	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	41 km
San Vicente	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	48 km
Matanzas	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	49 km
Pichilemu	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	29 km
Ciruelos	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	37 km
Navidad	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	53 km
Marchigüe	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	53 km
El Rosario	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	54 km
Paredones	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	57 km
La Estrella	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	58 km
Rapel	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	60 km
Las Higueras	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	63 km
Marchihue	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	63 km
Nilahue Cornejo	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	68 km
Comunidad de Quelentaro	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	70 km
Población	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	71 km
Vichuquén	Maule	Chile	Village	-	72 km
Quesería	Maule	Chile	Village	-	75 km
Iloca	Maule	Chile	Village	-	78 km
Peralillo	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	78 km
Punta de la Piedra	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	79 km
Manzano	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	82 km
El Membrillo	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	84 km
Licantén	Maule	Chile	Village	-	85 km
El Crucero	Region Metropolitana	Chile	Village	-	85 km
Las Cabras	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	90 km
Santa Cruz	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	33000 people	95 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Intensity	Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
	Rapelhuapi		149	Priv.	Unpaved	No	3200	72 km

Dams

Intensity	Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
		Rapel	Rapel	1968	68 km

More information

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