M 5.3 in Chile on 25 Oct 2020 21:17 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: 5.3M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -20.0021 , -70.9604
Event Date: 25 Oct 2020 21:17 UTC
25 Oct 2020 16:17 Local
Exposed Population: 290000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us6000cd2g
Inserted at: 27 Oct 2020 21:29 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 3 (Chile)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000cd2g Scaled population (raster) 0  
  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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1339672 0 25 Oct 2020 21:17 5.4M, 10km 3.21 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 1d 00:03 NEIC
1339951 0 25 Oct 2020 21:17 5.3M, 10km 3.13 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 2d 00:12 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 unknowed a zone. 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 1339672 -20.021/-70.89 5.4 10.0 3.381 25 Oct 2020 21:57 00:40 (new episode)
2 0 1339672 -20.021/-70.89 5.4 10.0 3.201 25 Oct 2020 23:35 02:18 (upd of #1)
3 0 1339672 -20.021/-70.89 5.4 10.0 3.209 26 Oct 2020 21:21 1d 00:03 (upd of #2)
4 0 1339951 -20.002/-70.96 5.3 10.0 3.129 27 Oct 2020 21:29 2d 00:12 (new episode)
5 0 1339951 -20.002/-70.96 5.3 10.0 3.129 27 Oct 2020 22:02 2d 00:45 (upd of #4)

Affected Provinces



Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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