M 5.7 in Off Coast Of Central Chile on 20 May 2022 09:07 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact
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: 5.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -29.5411 , -72.0395
Event Date: 20 May 2022 09:07 UTC
20 May 2022 04:07 Local
Exposed Population: 470 thousand in 100km
Source: NEIC us6000hmkd
Inserted at: 21 May 2022 19:05 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000hmkd Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1444164 0 20 May 2022 09:07 5.8M, 10km 3.89 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:22 NEIC
1444451 0 20 May 2022 09:07 5.7M, 10km 3.89 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 1d 09:57 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 off shore.

Radius Population
100 km 470000 people
75 km 2900 people
50 km <1000 people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Choros Coquimbo Chile Village - 65 km

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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
Las Tacas 43 0 90 km
La Florida LSC 146 Civ. Paved Yes 6300 91 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Cruz Grande CLCGR Chile 72 km
Guayacan CLGYC Chile 80 km
Coquimbo CLCQQ Chile 83 km

More information

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