Overall Green Earthquake alert in Chile on 23 Aug 2014 22:32 UTC

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M 6.4 in Chile on 23 Aug 2014 22:32 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:	6.4M
Depth:	35 Km
Lat/Lon:	-32.7 , -71.4
Event Date:	23 Aug 2014 22:32 UTC 23 Aug 2014 18:32 Local
Exposed Population:	2090000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	23 Aug 2014 23:45 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.9		0.9
	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1058516		1	23 Aug 2014 22:32	6.6M, 32.01km	N/A	2.1 million (in 100km)	0m (at 00:00)	00:21	NEIC
1058525		0.9	23 Aug 2014 22:32	6.4M, 35km	N/A	2.1 million (in 100km)		01:12	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 Chile ,of Valparaiso (population 118,830) . The alertlevel for this event is Orange

Intensity	Population
	120000 people
	1.1 million people
	4.6 million people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1058525	-32.7/-71.4	6.4	35	0	17 Oct 2016 10:09	785d 11:36	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Valparaiso	Chile	120000 people
Valparaiso	Chile	980000 people
Valparaiso	Chile	410000 people
Region Metropolitana	Chile	4.2 million people
Coquimbo	Chile	17000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Quillota	Valparaiso	Chile	Village	68000 people	24 km
San Francisco	Valparaiso	Chile	Village	-	29 km
Limache	Valparaiso	Chile	City	35000 people	34 km
La Laguna	Valparaíso	Chile	Village	-	5 km
Puchuncaví	Valparaíso	Chile	Village	-	6 km
Quintero	Valparaíso	Chile	City	-	16 km
El Melón	Valparaíso	Chile	Village	-	18 km
Ritoque	Valparaíso	Chile	Village	-	18 km
Nogales	Valparaíso	Chile	Village	-	19 km
Papudo	Valparaíso	Chile	Village	-	21 km
La Calera	Valparaiso	Chile	Village	-	22 km
Colmo	Valparaiso	Chile	Village	-	24 km
Concón	Valparaíso	Chile	Village	-	29 km
La Ligua	Valparaíso	Chile	Village	25000 people	32 km
Valparaíso	Valparaiso	Chile	Major city	270000 people	38 km
Quilpué	Valparaíso	Chile	City	130000 people	38 km
Villa Alemana	Valparaiso	Chile	Village	97000 people	39 km
Longotoma	Valparaíso	Chile	Village	-	40 km
Guaquen	Valparaíso	Chile	Village	-	44 km
Cabildo	Valparaíso	Chile	Village	13000 people	43 km
La Poza	Valparaíso	Chile	Village	-	45 km
Liaillay	Valparaiso	Chile	Village	-	46 km
Alvarado	Valparaíso	Chile	Village	-	48 km
San Lorenzo	Valparaíso	Chile	Village	-	49 km
Pedegua	Valparaíso	Chile	Village	-	49 km
Catemu	Valparaíso	Chile	Village	-	54 km
Las Palmas	Valparaíso	Chile	Village	-	59 km
Montenegro	Región Metropolitana	Chile	Village	-	60 km
Los Vasquez	Valparaíso	Chile	Village	-	61 km
Tiltil	Región Metropolitana	Chile	Village	-	61 km
Quintay	Valparaíso	Chile	Village	-	62 km
Guangualí	Valparaíso	Chile	Village	-	63 km
San Felipe	Valparaíso	Chile	City	58000 people	64 km
Quilimarí	Valparaíso	Chile	Village	-	65 km
Putaendo	Valparaíso	Chile	Village	-	65 km
Petorca	Valparaíso	Chile	Village	-	65 km
El Trebolar	Región Metropolitana	Chile	Village	-	66 km
Mundo Nuevo	Valparaíso	Chile	Village	-	66 km
Casablanca	Regíon Metropolitana	Chile	Village	-	69 km
Tilama	Valparaíso	Chile	Village	-	71 km
Chincolco	Valparaíso	Chile	Village	-	75 km
Balneario de Jahuel	Valparaíso	Chile	Village	-	76 km
Casas de Chacabuco	Región Metropolitana	Chile	Village	-	76 km
Algarrobo	Valparaíso	Chile	Village	-	78 km
Lampa	Region Metropolitana	Chile	Village	29000 people	80 km
Batuco	Región Metropolitana	Chile	Village	-	82 km
Lagunillas	Valparaíso	Chile	Village	-	82 km
El Quisco	Valparaíso	Chile	Village	-	82 km
La Chupalla	Región Metropolitana	Chile	Village	-	85 km
El Tabo	Valparaiso	Chile	Village	-	86 km
Los Vilos	Coquimbo	Chile	Village	-	87 km
Conchalí	Coquimbo	Chile	Village	-	91 km
Las Cruces	Valparaiso	Chile	Village	-	91 km
Bustamante	Región Metropolitana	Chile	Village	-	91 km
Lo Abarca	Valparaiso	Chile	Village	-	92 km
Cartagena	Valparaiso	Chile	Village	-	96 km
San Antonio	Valparaiso	Chile	City	85000 people	102 km
Llolleo	Valparaiso	Chile	Village	-	104 km
Rocas de Santo Domingo	Valparaíso	Chile	Village	-	106 km
Santiago	Región Metropolitana	Chile	Capital	4.8 million people	111 km
Padre Hurtado	Región Metropolitana	Chile	Village	-	111 km
Melipilla	Región Metropolitana	Chile	City	63000 people	112 km
Talangante	Region Metropolitana	Chile	Village	-	116 km
San Bernardo	Región Metropolitana	Chile	City	250000 people	118 km

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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
Quintero		5	Civ.	Paved	Yes	3900	15 km
Vina del Mar	KNA	120	Mil.	Paved	Yes	5700	28 km
El Belloto		123				0	39 km
Victor Lafon	SSD	658	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3700	65 km
La Victoria de Chacabuco		640				0	75 km
Arturo Merino Benitez International	SCL	474	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10400	96 km
Los Cerrillos	ULC	511	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6900	110 km
El Bosque		561	Mil.	Paved	No	6000	116 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Quintero	CLQTV	Chile	17 km
Papudo		Chile	23 km
Valparaiso	CLVAP	Chile	43 km
Los Vilos	CLLOS	Chile	88 km
San Antonio	CLSAI	Chile	101 km

More information

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