Overall Green Earthquake alert in Chile on 13 Nov 2022 02:24 UTC

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M 6.2 in Chile on 13 Nov 2022 02:24 UTC

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:	6.2M
Depth:	18 Km
Lat/Lon:	-37.4557 , -73.7425
Event Date:	13 Nov 2022 02:24 UTC 12 Nov 2022 23:24 Local
Exposed Population:	About 3000 people in MMI 3 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Source:	NEIC us7000ipe4
Inserted at:	13 Nov 2022 03:25 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	3 (Chile)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0.1		0		0.1
us7000ipe4	Scaled population (raster)	2.49	Max wave alert	0m
	C1 shakemap	-1.16	Max wave realtime	0m
	C2 shakemap	0.54
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.75

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1472854	0.4	13 Nov 2022 02:24	6.2M, 10km	6.91	No people affected (in 100km)		13:53	GEOFON
1472856	0.2	13 Nov 2022 02:24	6.4M, 10.061km	6.84	8 thousand (in 100km)	0.1m (at 00:04)	00:19	NEIC
1472857	0	13 Nov 2022 02:24	5.7M, 29.523km	5.38	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:22	NEIC
1472866	0.1	13 Nov 2022 02:24	6.2M, 18km	6.73	3 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	0m (at 00:00)	01:00	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 22,143) . The nearest places are Lebu, Frutillar, Los Cambuchos, Villa Alegre, Rumena, Pehuén, Los Álamos, Aguapie, Llico, Melirupo, and Concepción.

Radius	Population
100 km	1.2 million people
75 km	300000 people
50 km	130000 people
20 km	20000 people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Bio-Bio	Chile	22000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Lebu	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	22000 people	19 km
Frutillar	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	21 km
Los Cambuchos	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	25 km
Villa Alegre	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	27 km
Rumena	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	28 km
Pehuén	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	30 km
Los Álamos	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	30 km
Aguapie	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	30 km
Llico	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	32 km
Melirupo	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	32 km
Tres Pinos	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	35 km
Colico Norte	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	35 km
Curanilahue	Bio-Bio	Chile	City	30000 people	35 km
San Jose de Colico	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	37 km
Colico	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	39 km
Antiguala	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	39 km
Tucapel	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	41 km
Caramávida	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	43 km
Aarauco	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	44 km
Ramadillas	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	46 km
Cañete	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	31000 people	50 km
Carampangue	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	50 km
Pichilo	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	54 km
El Potrerillo	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	56 km
Cabrera	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	57 km
Don Alfonso	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	58 km
Cayucupil	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	58 km
Laraquete	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	59 km
Los Notros	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	65 km
Lota	Bio-Bio	Chile	City	49000 people	66 km
Hostería Lanalhue	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	66 km
Toldos	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	67 km
Pillimpilli	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	70 km
Concepción	Bio-Bio	Chile	Major city	210000 people	93 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
La Playa		8				0	53 km
Carriel Sur International	CCP	12	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7500	97 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Puerto Yana		Chile	13 km
Lebu	CLLEB	Chile	18 km
Lota	CLLTA	Chile	65 km
Coronel	CLCNL	Chile	70 km
San Vicente	CLSVE	Chile	97 km

More information

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