M 6.2 in Chile on 13 Nov 2022 02:24 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: 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
(Rapid Impact)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0.1
us7000ipe4 Scaled population (raster) 1.82 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 rapid impact -1.16 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 rapid impact 0.54      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 0.75      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

The green area correspond to areas affected by strong shaking (MMI VI or higher) according to the simulation.


Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1472854 n.a 13 Nov 2022 02:24 6.2M, 10km N/A No people affected in 100km.. N/A 13:53 GEOFON
1472856 0.2 13 Nov 2022 02:24 6.4M, 10.061km 6.84 8 thousand (in MMI>=VII) 0.1m (at 00:04) 00:19 NEIC
1472857 0 13 Nov 2022 02:24 5.7M, 29.523km 5.53 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 00:22 NEIC
1472866 0 13 Nov 2022 02:24 6.2M, 18km 6.5 less than 100 (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.

Rapid Impact

The results presented below are calculated with the ShakeMap open source software (USGS) using only earthquake hypocenter information to provide a rapid estimation of the ground motion and shaking intensity without taking into account any instrumental observations or earthquake source scaling laws.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Chile ,of Bio-Bio (population 1,789,433) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
<1000 people
70000 people
72000 people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Bio-Bio Chile 22000 people
Bio-Bio Chile 100000 people
Bio-Bio Chile 18000 people
Araucania Chile no people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity 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
Pehuén Bio-Bio Chile Village - 30 km
Aguapie Bio-Bio Chile Village - 30 km
Tres Pinos 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
Aarauco Bio-Bio Chile Village - 44 km
Cañete Bio-Bio Chile Village 31000 people 50 km
Carampangue Bio-Bio Chile Village - 50 km
Cabrera Bio-Bio Chile Village - 57 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Intensity Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
La Playa 8 0 53 km

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Puerto Yana Chile 13 km
Lebu CLLEB Chile 18 km

More information

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