Overall Green Earthquake alert in Chile on 19 Dec 2015 19:25 UTC

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M 5.8 in Chile on 19 Dec 2015 19:25 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:	5.8M
Depth:	46.37 Km
Lat/Lon:	-30.6454 , -71.368
Event Date:	19 Dec 2015 19:25 UTC 19 Dec 2015 16:25 Local
Exposed Population:	550000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	19 Dec 2015 19:45 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0.5
	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
1112297		0.5	19 Dec 2015 19:25	5.8M, 46.37km	N/A	550 thousand (in 100km)		00:19	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 314,370) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1112297	-30.645/-71.368	5.8	46.37	0	17 Oct 2016 10:59	302d 15:34	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Coquimbo	Chile	310000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Cerillos	Coquimbo	Chile	Village	-	8 km
Ovalle	Coquimbo	Chile	Village	76000 people	17 km
Punitaqui	Coquimbo	Chile	Village	-	23 km
Pachingo	Coquimbo	Chile	Village	-	26 km
Algarrobo	Coquimbo	Chile	Village	-	32 km
Monte Patria	Coquimbo	Chile	Village	14000 people	40 km
Puetro Aldea	Coquimbo	Chile	Village	-	42 km
Guatulame	Coquimbo	Chile	Village	-	43 km
Tongoy	Coquimbo	Chile	Village	-	45 km
Maitencillo	Coquimbo	Chile	Village	-	46 km
Guanaquero	Coquimbo	Chile	Village	-	50 km
Samo Alto	Coquimbo	Chile	Village	-	51 km
Anda Colla	Coquimbo	Chile	Village	-	53 km
El Peñón	Coquimbo	Chile	Village	-	58 km
Rapel	Coquimbo	Chile	Village	-	58 km
Carén	Coquimbo	Chile	Village	-	63 km
Valdivia	Coquimbo	Chile	Village	-	68 km
Combarabala	Coquimbo	Chile	Village	-	69 km
Pama	Coquimbo	Chile	Village	-	73 km
Coquimbo	Coquimbo	Chile	City	160000 people	75 km
San Ramón	Coquimbo	Chile	Village	-	77 km
Las Rojas	Coquimbo	Chile	Village	-	80 km
La Marquesa	Coquimbo	Chile	Village	-	84 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)	Distance
Santa Rosa de Tabali		239	5 km
Ovalle	OVL	unknown	32 km
Las Tacas		43	61 km

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Guayacan	CLGYC	Chile	76 km
	Coquimbo	CLCQQ	Chile	76 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Recoleta	Recoleta	Hurtado	1934	31 km
Paloma	Paloma	Grande	1967	33 km
Cogoti	Cogoti	Huatulame	1939	48 km

More information

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