M 5.5 in Chile on 28 Jan 2022 00:31 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: 5.5M
Depth: 92.47 Km
Lat/Lon: -19.1264 , -69.3571
Event Date: 28 Jan 2022 00:31 UTC
27 Jan 2022 21:31 Local
Exposed Population: 20 thousand in 100km
Source: NEIC us7000gfq8
Inserted at: 28 Jan 2022 01:51 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 5.4 (Bolivia)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries: Bolivia= 5.4; Chile= 3

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000gfq8 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
1423506 0 28 Jan 2022 00:31 5.5M, 95.94km 3.83 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:14 NEIC
1423513 0 28 Jan 2022 00:31 5.5M, 92.47km 3.91 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 01:20 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
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1423506 -19.132/-69.427 5.5 95.9 3.867 28 Jan 2022 00:47 00:16 (new episode)
2 0 1423513 -19.132/-69.427 5.5 95.9 3.828 28 Jan 2022 01:01 00:30 (new episode)
3 0 1423513 -19.126/-69.357 5.5 92.5 3.989 28 Jan 2022 01:53 01:22 (upd of #2)
4 0 1423513 -19.126/-69.357 5.5 92.5 3.989 28 Jan 2022 02:34 02:03 (upd of #3)
5 0 1423513 -19.126/-69.357 5.5 92.5 3.925 29 Jan 2022 00:40 1d 00:08 (upd of #4)
6 0 1423513 -19.142/-69.389 5.5 90.4 3.914 06 Feb 2022 07:50 9d 07:19 (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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