Overall Green Earthquake alert in Chile on 21 Apr 2014 13:39 UTC

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M 5.3 in Chile on 21 Apr 2014 13:39 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:	5.3M
Depth:	15.62 Km
Lat/Lon:	-19.7335 , -70.9828
Event Date:	21 Apr 2014 13:39 UTC 21 Apr 2014 08:39 Local
Exposed Population:	About 253 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	21 Apr 2014 14:06 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
	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.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1047738		0	21 Apr 2014 13:39	5.3M, 15.62km	N/A	Few people (in 100km)		00:26	NEIC
1047749		0	21 Apr 2014 13:39	5.2M, 21.1km	N/A	Few people (in 100km)		03:10	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 , Region of Tarapaca (population 350,373) .

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

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Tarapaca	Chile	350000 people
Tacna	Peru	240000 people
Antofagasta	Chile	420000 people
Moquegua	Peru	150000 people
Oruro	Bolivia	480000 people
Potosi	Bolivia	820000 people
La Paz	Bolivia	2.4 million people
Arequipa	Peru	1.1 million people
Puno	Peru	1.1 million people
Cusco	Peru	1.1 million people

Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Pisagua	CLPIS	Chile	80 km

More information

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