M 5.5 in Northern Chile on 03 Aug 2020 11:56 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: 5.5M
Depth: 104.18 Km
Lat/Lon: -19.5994 , -69.2556
Event Date: 03 Aug 2020 11:56 UTC
03 Aug 2020 07:56 Local
Exposed Population: About 24000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us6000b8pf
Inserted at: 04 Aug 2020 11:59 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 5.4 (Bolivia)
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
us6000b8pf Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.04  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1324688 0 03 Aug 2020 11:56 5.5M, 104.18km 4.09 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 1d 00:03 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 Tarapaca (population 4,323) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1324688 -19.599/-69.256 5.5 104.2 3.808 03 Aug 2020 12:15 00:18 (new episode)
2 0 1324688 -19.599/-69.256 5.5 104.2 3.81 03 Aug 2020 12:24 00:27 (upd of #1)
3 0 1324688 -19.599/-69.256 5.5 104.2 4.094 03 Aug 2020 13:59 02:02 (upd of #2)
4 0 1324688 -19.599/-69.256 5.5 104.2 4.094 04 Aug 2020 11:59 1d 00:03 (upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Tarapaca Chile 4300 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Humberstone Tarapacá Chile Village - 88 km
Pozo Almonte Tarapacá Chile Village - 92 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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