M 5.1 in Chile on 05 Jan 2012 00:54 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: 5.1M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: -45.8188 , -76.461
Event Date: 05 Jan 2012 00:54 UTC
04 Jan 2012 19:54 Local
Exposed Population:
no people within 100km
Source: NEIC usc0007geb
Inserted at: 05 Jan 2012 01:10 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usc0007geb 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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
114003 0.5 05 Jan 2012 00:54 5.1M, 27.5km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:16 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 Aisen del General Carlos Ibanez del Campo (population 83,060) .

Radius Population
100 km no 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
Aisen del General Carlos Ibanez del Campo Chile 83000 people
Los Lagos Chile 980000 people
Magallanes y de la Antartica Chilena Chile 150000 people
Santa Cruz Argentina 170000 people
Chubut Argentina 370000 people

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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