Overall Green Earthquake alert in Chile on 25 Dec 2016 14:22 UTC

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M 7.6 in Chile on 25 Dec 2016 14:22 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:	7.6M
Depth:	34.59 Km
Lat/Lon:	-43.4164 , -73.8803
Event Date:	25 Dec 2016 14:22 UTC 25 Dec 2016 11:22 Local
Exposed Population:	About 29000 people in MMI About 60000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10007mn3
Inserted at:	25 Dec 2016 15:24 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake	Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0	0.3		0.3
us10007mn3	Scaled population (vector)	Max wave scenario	0m
	C1 earthquake	Max wave realtime	0.33m
	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
1151863	1	25 Dec 2016 14:22	7.6M, 55km	N/A	110 thousand (in 100km)	0.4m (at 04:14)	00:08	GEOFON
1151865	1	25 Dec 2016 14:22	7.7M, 15km	N/A	30 thousand (in 100km)	0.8m (at 01:30)	00:12	NTWC
1151869	1	25 Dec 2016 14:22	7.7M, 14.9km	N/A	20 thousand (in 100km)	0.8m (at 01:30)	00:15	PTWC
1151872	0.7	25 Dec 2016 14:22	7.7M, 33.01km	N/A	60 thousand (in 100km)	0.7m (at 03:56)	00:19	NEIC
1151880	0.3	25 Dec 2016 14:22	7.6M, 34.59km	8.05	30 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	0.3m (at 00:38)	01:01	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 Los Lagos (population 38,971) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	42000 people
	84000 people
	11000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1151880	-43.416/-73.88	7.6	34.59	8.05	25 Dec 2016 15:25	01:02	(new episode)
2	1151880	-43.416/-73.88	7.6	34.59	8.05	25 Dec 2016 15:29	01:07	(upd of #1)
3	1151880	-43.416/-73.88	7.6	34.59	8.05	25 Dec 2016 15:47	01:24	(upd of #2)
4	1151880	-43.416/-73.88	7.6	34.59	8.05	25 Dec 2016 16:26	02:04	(upd of #3)
5	1151880	-43.416/-73.88	7.6	34.59	8.05	25 Dec 2016 18:00	03:37	(upd of #4)
6	1151880	-43.416/-73.88	7.6	34.59	8.05	25 Dec 2016 18:16	03:54	(upd of #5)
7	1151880	-43.416/-73.88	7.6	34.59	8.05	26 Dec 2016 19:42	1d 05:19	(upd of #6)
8	1151880	-43.416/-73.88	7.6	34.59	8.05	06 Feb 2017 15:30	43d 01:07	(upd of #7)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Los Lagos	Chile	39000 people
Aisen del General Carlos Ibanez del Campo	Chile	<1000 people
Los Lagos	Chile	54000 people
Aisen del General Carlos Ibanez del Campo	Chile	<1000 people
Aisen del General Carlos Ibanez del Campo	Chile	<1000 people
Chubut	Argentina	<1000 people
Rio Negro	Argentina	10000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Quellon	Los Lagos	Chile	Village	-	36 km
Chadmo	Los Lagos	Chile	Village	-	56 km
Compu	Los Lagos	Chile	Village	-	62 km
Queilén	Los Lagos	Chile	Village	-	67 km
Ahoni	Los Lagos	Chile	Village	-	77 km
Guillinco	Los Lagos	Chile	Village	-	82 km
Detif	Los Lagos	Chile	Village	-	84 km
Chonchi	Los Lagos	Chile	Village	-	87 km
Arachildu	Los Lagos	Chile	Village	-	95 km
Capilla Nueva	Los Lagos	Chile	Village	-	98 km
Matao	Los Lagos	Chile	Village	-	100 km
Rilán	Los Lagos	Chile	Village	-	101 km
Pello Yutui	Los Lagos	Chile	Village	-	101 km
Castro	Los Lagos	Chile	City	30000 people	104 km
Curaco	Los Lagos	Chile	Village	-	110 km
Cabach	Los Lagos	Chile	Village	-	113 km
Dalcahue	Los Lagos	Chile	Village	-	117 km
Mocopulle	Los Lagos	Chile	Village	-	120 km
La Aldea	Chubut	Argentina	Village	-	192 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)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Quellon		13	Civ.	Paved	No	3900	37 km
Castro Gamboa	WCA	unknown				0	102 km
El Bolson	EHL	345	Civ.	Paved	No	4200	253 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Puerto Carmen		Chile	31 km
Quellon		Chile	37 km
Melinca		Chile	55 km
Puerto Queilen		Chile	66 km
Castro	CLWCA	Chile	104 km
Dalcahue		Chile	117 km

More information

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