Overall Green Earthquake alert in Chile on 01 Mar 2015 15:48 UTC

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M 5 in Chile on 01 Mar 2015 15:48 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:	5.0M
Depth:	12.26 Km
Lat/Lon:	-27.2012 , -71.5564
Event Date:	01 Mar 2015 15:48 UTC 01 Mar 2015 10:48 Local
Exposed Population:	About 17676 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	01 Mar 2015 18:55 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
1072894		0	01 Mar 2015 15:48	4.9M, 19.95km	N/A	20 thousand (in 100km)		00:58	NEIC
1072900		0	01 Mar 2015 15:48	5M, 12.26km	N/A	20 thousand (in 100km)		03:06	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 Atacama (population 238,212) .

Radius	Population
100 km	20000 people
75 km	14000 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
Atacama	Chile	240000 people

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
Caldera		55	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3900	70 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Caldera	CLCLD	Chile	68 km
Carrizal		Chile	100 km

More information

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