Overall Green Earthquake alert in Chile from 16 Apr 2010 22:41 UTC to 22:38

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M 5 in Chile from 16 Apr 2010 22:41 UTC to 22:38

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.

Updated: this report is based on episode 1.

Earthquake Magnitude:	5.0M
Depth:	Km
Lat/Lon:	-37.6 , -73.55
Event Date:	16 Apr 2010 22:38 UTC 16 Apr 2010 18:38 Local
Exposed Population:	770000 people within 100km
Source:	GEOFON
Inserted at:	16 Apr 2010 23:03 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
GEOFON	0.5		0.5
	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	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
84948	0.5	16 Apr 2010 22:38	5.1M, 60km	N/A	770 thousand (in 100km)	00:14	GEOFON
84950	0.5	16 Apr 2010 22:38	5.1M, 10km	N/A	210 thousand (in 100km)	00:16	GEOFON
84952	0.5	16 Apr 2010 22:41	5.3M, 10km	N/A	1.3 million (in 100km)	00:15	GEOFON
84954	0.5	16 Apr 2010 22:38	5M, 10km	N/A	770 thousand (in 100km)	00:24	GEOFON
84955	0.5	16 Apr 2010 22:41	5M, 10km	N/A	1.3 million (in 100km)	00:23	GEOFON
84956	0.5	16 Apr 2010 22:38	5M, 23km	N/A	680 thousand (in 100km)	00:26	GEOFON
84957	0.5	16 Apr 2010 22:41	5M, 21km	N/A	1.4 million (in 100km)	00:27	GEOFON
84965	0.5	16 Apr 2010 22:38	5M, 18km	N/A	680 thousand (in 100km)	00:53	NEIC
84967	0.5	16 Apr 2010 22:38	5M, 18km	N/A	680 thousand (in 100km)	00:55	NEIC
84969	0.5	16 Apr 2010 22:38	5M, 18km	N/A	680 thousand (in 100km)	00:57	NEIC
84972	0.5	16 Apr 2010 22:41	5.4M, 16.3km	N/A	1.4 million (in 100km)	00:58	NEIC
85171	0.5	16 Apr 2010 22:41	5.7M, 16.8km	N/A	1.4 million (in 100km)	2d 16:26	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 Bio-Bio (population 1,789,433) . The nearest places are Los Cambuchos, Los Álamos, Pehuén, Lebu, Tres Pinos, Antiguala, Tucapel, Villa Alegre, Caramávida, Curanilahue, and Concepción.

Radius	Population
100 km	650000 people
75 km	200000 people
50 km	130000 people
20 km	48000 people
10 km	7700 people
5 km	1400 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Bio-Bio	Chile	1.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Los Cambuchos	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	4 km
Los Álamos	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	8 km
Pehuén	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	10 km
Lebu	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	22000 people	10 km
Tres Pinos	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	13 km
Antiguala	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	17 km
Tucapel	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	19 km
Villa Alegre	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	19 km
Caramávida	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	20 km
Curanilahue	Bio-Bio	Chile	City	30000 people	21 km
Colico Norte	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	26 km
Frutillar	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	27 km
Colico	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	27 km
Cañete	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	31000 people	28 km
San Jose de Colico	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	30 km
Melirupo	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	32 km
Cayucupil	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	36 km
Don Alfonso	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	36 km
El Potrerillo	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	38 km
Aguapie	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	39 km
Rumena	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	39 km
Ramadillas	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	39 km
Aarauco	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	42 km
Llico	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	42 km
Los Notros	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	43 km
Cabrera	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	44 km
Toldos	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	44 km
Hostería Lanalhue	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	45 km
Carampangue	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	45 km
Pichilo	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	47 km
Pillimpilli	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	48 km
Colonia Alemana	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	54 km
Laraquete	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	56 km
Palo Botado	Araucanía	Chile	Village	-	56 km
Contulmo	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	56 km
San Jeronimo	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	59 km
El Malo	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	61 km
Coihue	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	62 km
Lota	Bio-Bio	Chile	City	49000 people	64 km
Purén	Araucanía	Chile	Village	-	66 km
Los Mellizos	Araucania	Chile	Village	-	68 km
Pichihuechui	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	68 km
Lota Alto	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	68 km
Ipinco	Araucania	Chile	Village	-	68 km
Maitenrehue	Araucania	Chile	Village	-	69 km
Cuadaba	Araucanía	Chile	Village	-	69 km
Santa Lucia	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	69 km
Santa Juana	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	69 km
Concepción	Bio-Bio	Chile	Major city	210000 people	94 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
La Playa		8				0	49 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Lebu	CLLEB	Chile	10 km
Puerto Yana		Chile	26 km
Lota	CLLTA	Chile	63 km
Coronel	CLCNL	Chile	70 km

More information

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