M 5.5 in Off Coast Of Southern Chile on 06 Jul 2022 15:12 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact
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: 5.5M
Depth: 7.12 Km
Lat/Lon: -42.3146 , -75.3412
Event Date: 06 Jul 2022 15:12 UTC
06 Jul 2022 10:12 Local
Exposed Population: 2 thousand in MMI III
Source: NEIC us6000i09s
Inserted at: 06 Jul 2022 18:06 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000i09s Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1452036 0 06 Jul 2022 15:12 5.5M, 4.49km 3.24 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:22 NEIC
1452049 0 06 Jul 2022 15:12 5.5M, 7.12km 3.29 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 02:53 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 ,of Los Lagos (population 637) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1452036 -42.306/-75.34 5.5 4.5 3.296 06 Jul 2022 15:36 00:23 (new episode)
2 0 1452036 -42.312/-75.355 5.5 5.2 3.235 06 Jul 2022 15:45 00:32 (upd of #1)
3 0 1452049 -42.312/-75.355 5.5 5.2 3.235 06 Jul 2022 17:16 02:04 (new episode)
4 0 1452049 -42.314/-75.347 5.5 5.3 3.241 06 Jul 2022 18:06 02:53 (upd of #3)
5 0 1452049 -42.315/-75.341 5.5 7.1 3.258 06 Jul 2022 18:15 03:02 (upd of #4)
6 0 1452049 -42.315/-75.341 5.5 7.1 3.258 07 Jul 2022 15:40 1d 00:27 (upd of #5)
7 0 1452049 -42.304/-75.383 5.5 10.0 3.291 14 Jul 2022 23:50 8d 08:38 (upd of #6)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Los Lagos Chile <1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Chepu Los Lagos Chile Village - 112 km
Quetalmahue Los Lagos Chile Village - 124 km
Guillinco Los Lagos Chile Village - 125 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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