M 6.2 in Southern East Pacific Rise on 04 Sep 2022 23:57 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: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -56.0216 , -124.5154
Event Date: 04 Sep 2022 23:57 UTC
04 Sep 2022 15:57 Local
Exposed Population:
Source: NEIC us7000i585
Inserted at: 05 Sep 2022 01:00 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)
Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us7000i585 Scaled population (raster) 0 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0m  
  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
1460177 0 04 Sep 2022 23:57 6.1M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:29 NEIC
1460178 0 04 Sep 2022 23:57 6.2M, 10km N/A N/A (in MMI>=VII) 0m (at 00:00) 01:03 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 unknowed a zone. The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1460178 -56.007/-124.54 6.1 10.0 None 05 Sep 2022 00:30 00:32 (new episode)
2 0 1460178 -56.022/-124.515 6.2 10.0 None 05 Sep 2022 01:01 01:04 (upd of #1)
3 0 1460178 -56.022/-124.515 6.2 10.0 None 05 Sep 2022 02:00 02:03 (upd of #2)
4 0 1460178 -56.057/-124.478 6.2 10.0 None 05 Sep 2022 14:40 14:42 (upd of #3)
5 0 1460178 -56.057/-124.478 6.2 10.0 None 06 Sep 2022 00:40 1d 00:42 (upd of #4)
6 0 1460178 -56.038/-124.478 6.2 10.0 None 12 Sep 2022 23:50 7d 23:53 (upd of #5)

Affected Provinces



Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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