M 5.5 in Chile on 12 Jan 2023 06:19 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: 56.702 Km
Lat/Lon: -30.636 , -71.2294
Event Date: 12 Jan 2023 06:19 UTC
12 Jan 2023 03:19 Local
Exposed Population: 40 thousand in MMI V
Source: NEIC us7000j3ty
Inserted at: 12 Jan 2023 06:40 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 3 (Chile)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000j3ty Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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
1483299 0 12 Jan 2023 06:19 5.5M, 56.702km 4.58 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 00:21 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 Coquimbo (population 520,420) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
36000 people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Coquimbo Chile 7900 people
Coquimbo Chile 150000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Ovalle Coquimbo Chile Village 76000 people 5 km
Cerillos Coquimbo Chile Village - 18 km
Algarrobo Coquimbo Chile Village - 20 km
Punitaqui Coquimbo Chile Village - 21 km
Monte Patria Coquimbo Chile Village 14000 people 27 km
Guatulame Coquimbo Chile Village - 32 km
Pachingo Coquimbo Chile Village - 36 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
Santa Rosa de Tabali 239 0 17 km
Ovalle OVL unknown 0 26 km

Dams

Intensity Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Paloma Paloma Grande 1967 20 km
Recoleta Recoleta Hurtado 1934 20 km
Cogoti Cogoti Huatulame 1939 44 km

More information

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