Overall Green Earthquake alert in Chile on 11 Nov 2015 01:54 UTC

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M 6.9 in Chile on 11 Nov 2015 01:54 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:	6.9M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	-29.4393 , -72.1054
Event Date:	11 Nov 2015 01:54 UTC 10 Nov 2015 20:54 Local
Exposed Population:	310000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	11 Nov 2015 02:27 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake	Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0.8	0.8		0.8
	Scaled population (vector)	Max wave scenario	0m
	C1 earthquake	Max wave realtime	0.8m
	C2 earthquake
	Country Vulnerability
	INFORM_normalised

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
1105751	0.5	11 Nov 2015 01:54	6.6M, 33km	N/A	4 thousand (in 100km)	0.1m (at 00:18)	00:08	PTWC
1105753	0.5	11 Nov 2015 01:54	6.6M, 10km	N/A	10 thousand (in 100km)	0.3m (at 00:16)	00:08	GEOFON
1105754	0.5	11 Nov 2015 01:54	6.6M, 32km	N/A	4 thousand (in 100km)	0.1m (at 00:18)	00:11	NTWC
1105757	0.5	11 Nov 2015 01:54	6.6M, 10km	N/A	350 thousand (in 100km)	0.3m (at 00:15)	00:20	NEIC
1105762	0.8	11 Nov 2015 01:54	6.9M, 10km	4.84	310 thousand (in 100km)	0.8m (at 00:16)	00:32	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 Coquimbo (population 158,690) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	no people
	no people
	160000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1105757	-29.487/-72.091	6.6	10	0	17 Oct 2016 10:54	341d 09:00	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Coquimbo	Chile	160000 people
	Atacama	Chile	1700 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Choros Bajos	Coquimbo	Chile	Village	-	79 km
Carrizalillo	Atacama	Chile	Village	-	80 km
La Serena	Coquimbo	Chile	City	150000 people	94 km
San Ramón	Coquimbo	Chile	Village	-	96 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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