Overall Green Earthquake alert in Chile on 27 Oct 2016 20:32 UTC

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M 5.9 in Chile on 27 Oct 2016 20:32 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:	5.9M
Depth:	14.8 Km
Lat/Lon:	-33.7647 , -72.5338
Event Date:	27 Oct 2016 20:32 UTC 27 Oct 2016 15:32 Local
Exposed Population:	About 26000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us100072gn
Inserted at:	27 Oct 2016 20:57 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us100072gn	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
1144314		0	27 Oct 2016 20:32	5.9M, 14.8km	N/A	30 thousand (in 100km)		00:24	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 Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins (population 142,306) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	no people
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1144314	-33.765/-72.534	5.9	14.8	0	27 Oct 2016 20:58	00:25	(new episode)
	2	0	1144314	-33.765/-72.534	5.9	14.8	0	27 Oct 2016 22:37	02:04	(upd of #1)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins	Chile	140000 people
Valparaiso	Chile	210000 people
Region Metropolitana	Chile	140000 people
Maule	Chile	1200 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Matanzas	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	66 km
Navidad	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	69 km
Rapel	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	77 km
San Vicente	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	78 km
El Rosario	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	84 km
Pichilemu	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	84 km
Rocas de Santo Domingo	Valparaíso	Chile	Village	-	86 km
Llolleo	Valparaiso	Chile	Village	-	87 km
San Antonio	Valparaiso	Chile	City	85000 people	87 km
El Tabo	Valparaiso	Chile	Village	-	88 km
El Quisco	Valparaíso	Chile	Village	-	88 km
Las Cruces	Valparaiso	Chile	Village	-	90 km
Cartagena	Valparaiso	Chile	Village	-	90 km
Algarrobo	Valparaíso	Chile	Village	-	92 km
Ciruelos	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	92 km
Comunidad de Quelentaro	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	94 km
La Estrella	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	94 km
Lo Abarca	Valparaiso	Chile	Village	-	96 km
La Villa	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	97 km
Quintay	Valparaíso	Chile	Village	-	100 km
Marchigüe	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	101 km
El Crucero	Region Metropolitana	Chile	Village	-	101 km
Lagunillas	Valparaíso	Chile	Village	-	107 km
Marchihue	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	109 km
Paredones	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	114 km
Manzano	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	114 km
Casablanca	Regíon Metropolitana	Chile	Village	-	116 km
Los Vasquez	Valparaíso	Chile	Village	-	117 km
Las Higueras	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	118 km
Población	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	118 km
Nilahue Cornejo	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	123 km
Melipilla	Región Metropolitana	Chile	City	63000 people	123 km
Peralillo	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	125 km
Pichidegua	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	132 km
Santa Cruz	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	33000 people	145 km
Chépica	Libertador General Bernado O'Higgins	Chile	Village	-	156 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
	Rapelhuapi		149	Priv.	Unpaved	No	3200	101 km
	Arturo Merino Benitez International	SCL	474	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10400	167 km

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	San Antonio	CLSAI	Chile	88 km

Dams

Intensity	Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
		Rapel	Rapel	1968	93 km

More information

For a full list of available products related to this event, please refer to the GDACS Resources page.

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