Overall Green Earthquake alert in Chile on 30 Aug 2016 08:09 UTC

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M 5.5 in Chile on 30 Aug 2016 08:09 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:	19.17 Km
Lat/Lon:	-34.8983 , -72.5297
Event Date:	30 Aug 2016 08:09 UTC 30 Aug 2016 03:09 Local
Exposed Population:	220000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us20006v8s
Inserted at:	30 Aug 2016 08:30 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us20006v8s	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
1138318		0	30 Aug 2016 08:09	5.5M, 19.17km	N/A	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:20	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 Maule (population 55,566) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1138318	-34.898/-72.53	5.5	19.17	0	02 Sep 2016 09:50	3d 01:40	(new episode)
	2	0	1138318	-34.898/-72.53	5.5	19.17	0	14 Oct 2016 05:53	44d 21:44	(upd of #1)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Maule	Chile	56000 people
	Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins	Chile	<1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Iloca	Maule	Chile	Village	-	32 km
Chanquiuque	Maule	Chile	Village	-	40 km
Constitución	Maule	Chile	Village	46000 people	48 km
Quesería	Maule	Chile	Village	-	50 km
Vichuquén	Maule	Chile	Village	-	51 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Intensity	Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
	Quivolgo		14	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3100	47 km

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Constitucion		Chile	48 km

More information

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