Overall Green Earthquake alert in Chile on 03 Jun 2020 07:35 UTC

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M 6.8 in Chile on 03 Jun 2020 07:35 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:	96.84 Km
Lat/Lon:	-23.2955 , -68.4217
Event Date:	03 Jun 2020 07:35 UTC 03 Jun 2020 03:35 Local
Exposed Population:	About 4000 people in MMI About 6000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us6000a4yi
Inserted at:	03 Jun 2020 09:41 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	5.4 (Chile)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries:	Bolivia= 5.4; Chile= 3

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000a4yi	Scaled population (raster)	0.6
	C1 shakemap	-1.16
	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	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1313877	03 Jun 2020 07:35	6.8M, 137.6km	N/A	6 thousand (in 100km)	00:06	PTWC
1313878	03 Jun 2020 07:35	6.8M, 138km	N/A	5 thousand (in 100km)	00:07	NTWC
1313880	03 Jun 2020 07:35	6.8M, 96.84km	6.46	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	02:06	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 Antofagasta (population 1,703) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	4300 people
	240000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1313880	-23.296/-68.422	6.8	96.8	6.455	03 Jun 2020 08:05	00:29	(new episode)
2	1313880	-23.296/-68.422	6.8	96.8	6.32	03 Jun 2020 08:09	00:34	(upd of #1)
3	1313880	-23.296/-68.422	6.8	96.8	6.459	03 Jun 2020 09:41	02:06	(upd of #2)
4	1313880	-23.296/-68.422	6.8	96.8	6.463	04 Jun 2020 18:10	1d 10:34	(upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Antofagasta	Chile	1700 people
Antofagasta	Chile	140000 people
Potosi	Bolivia	1300 people
Salta	Argentina	<1000 people
Jujuy	Argentina	no people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Toconao	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	45 km
San Pedro de Atacama	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	49 km
Peine	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	56 km
Socaire	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	65 km
Placilla de Caracoles	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	66 km
Río Grande	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	76 km
Río Blanco	Potosí	Bolivia	Village	-	97 km
Neurara	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	97 km
Sierra Gorda	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	102 km
Oficina Perseverencia	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	103 km
Cerritos Bayos	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	104 km
Planta Aconcahua	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	105 km
Calama	Antofagasta	Chile	City	140000 people	107 km
Chíuchíu	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	108 km
Caspana	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	109 km
Oficina Anita	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	112 km
Imilac	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	114 km
Monturaqui	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	117 km
Toconce	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	118 km
Río Loa	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	118 km
Central	Antofagasta	Chile	Village	-	122 km

see full list

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
El Salar		2300	Priv.	Unpaved	No	7200	41 km
San Pedro de Atacama		2418	Civ.	Unpaved	No	6300	49 km
El Loa	CJC	2318	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9400	101 km

More information

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