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Lower Left Latitude/Longitude: 29.54 S°, 72.71 W°
Upper Right Latitude/Longitude: 17.54 S°, 60.71 W°
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Hazards

Current Hazards

Recent Earthquakes (Past 7 Days)
Date(UTC) Magnitude Depth(Km) Region Lat/Long
None found for the area chosen.        
Active Tropical Storms (Current and 3-day Forecast Positions)
Name Advisory Date(UTC) Wind Speed Wind Gusts Heading Track Speed Status Pressure Lat / Long
None found for the area chosen.                
Active Volcanoes
Name Region Activity Primary Observatory More Information Last Updated Lat/Long
Lascar Chile Unknown   GVP Site Link Wed Apr 10 09:11:19 HST 2013 23.37° S / 67.73° W
Recent Hotspots (Fire)
Date of First Obs(UTC) Date of Last Obs(UTC) Description Mean Lat. Mean Long.
None found for the area chosen.        

Historical Hazards

Historical Earthquakes
(Resulting in significant damage or deaths)

Last 50 Years
Count
30
5 Most Recent Earthquakes
Date(UTC) Magnitude Depth(Km) Intensity Deaths Location Lat / Long
May 14 2012 10:00 6.4 10     CHILE: ARICA; PERU: TACNA 17.68° S / 69.59° W
May 06 2010 00:02 6.2 37 0 PERU: TACNA 18.06° S / 70.55° W
Feb 27 2010 00:15 6.3 10 2 ARGENTINA: SALTA 24.87° S / 65.6° W
Nov 14 2007 00:15 7.7 40 8 2 CHILE: TOCOPILLA, MARIA ELENA 22.25° S / 69.89° W
Aug 14 2005 00:02 5.8 11 0 CHILE: TARAPACA 19.78° S / 68.98° W
5 Largest Earthquakes
Date(UTC) Magnitude Depth(Km) Intensity Deaths Location Lat / Long
Nov 24 1604 00:18 8.5 30 11 100 PERU: AREQUIPA; CHILE: ARICA 17.88° S / 70.94° W
Aug 13 1868 00:21 8.5 25 11 25000 CHILE: ARICA 18.6° S / 71.0° W
Nov 11 1922 00:04 8.5 25 500 CHILE: ATACAMA 28.5° S / 70.0° W
Apr 12 1819 00:03 8.5 0 10 0 CHILE: COPIAPO 27.0° S / 71.5° W
May 10 1877 00:00 8.3 40 11 64 CHILE: OFF NORTH COAST 19.6° S / 70.2° W

Volcanic Eruptions
Note: Historical eruptions data last updated in year 2000.

Last 100 Years Eruptions
Count
12
5 Most Recent Eruptions
Name Date(UTC) Magnitude Location Lat / Long
PULAR Dec 24 1990 00:00 1.0 CHILE - N. 24.18° S / 68.05° W
LASCAR Dec 20 1990 00:00 2.0 CHILE-N 23.37° S / 67.73° W
LASCAR Dec 16 1986 00:00 0.0 CHILE-N 23.37° S / 67.73° W
GUALLATIRI Dec 01 1985 00:00 1.0 CHILE-N 18.41° S / 69.16° W
LASCAR Dec 01 1974 00:00 1.0 CHILE-N 23.37° S / 67.73° W

Tsunami Runups
Note: For each Tsunami event, there may be many locations of recorded runups of the same date for the chosen area.
To avoid duplicate results, the Regional Reporter tool applies a filter to display only one result per tsunami event.

5 Most Recent Tsunami Runups
Date(UTC) Country Location Runup(meters) Deaths Lat / Long
Mar 12 2011 03:12 CHILE ARICA 2.4   18.47° S / 70.33° W
Feb 27 2010 10:08 CHILE ARICA 0.9 0 18.47° S / 70.33° W
Sep 29 2009 08:23 CHILE CALDERA 0.4 0 27.07° S / 70.83° W
Nov 14 2007 16:37 CHILE ARICA 0.3 0 18.47° S / 70.33° W
Aug 15 2007 01:15 CHILE ARICA 0.4 0 18.47° S / 70.33° W
5 Largest Tsunami Runups
Date(UTC) Country Location Runup(meters) Deaths Lat / Long
May 10 1877 01:05 CHILE TOCOPILLA 24.0 0 22.08° S / 70.17° W
Aug 13 1868 21:39 CHILE ARICA 18.0 0 18.47° S / 70.33° W
Nov 11 1922 06:00 CHILE CHANARAL 9.0 0 26.38° S / 70.67° W
Oct 05 1859 00:00 CHILE CALDERA 6.0 0 27.07° S / 70.83° W
Dec 04 1918 00:00 CHILE CALDERA 5.0 0 27.07° S / 70.83° W

Large Wildfires

(Greater than 40 sq. km.)
Start Date(UTC) End Date(UTC) Intensity Size (sq. km.) Mean Lat. Mean Long.
May 22 2008 02:25 Dec 28 2008 02:50 2.6 88.7 17.38999939 S 61.79000092 W
Sep 14 2007 00:00 Nov 07 2007 00:00 3.1 51.1 18.45999908 S 63.29000092 W
Jan 28 2006 00:00 Jan 11 2007 00:00 3.0 70.3 23.25 S 60.59000015 W

Earthquake Intensity Zones

Probable maximum MMI intensity once in 50 years
Maximum Zone
Magnitude IX and above

Storm Intensity Zones

Wind Speed with a 10% chance of occurring within 10 years
Maximum Zone (km/hr)
None found for the area chosen.

Demography

Population 2001
Total Population Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
9,674,574 79,063
Population 2002
Total Population Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
9,883,264 82,411
Population 2006
Total Population Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
10,910,532 77,325
Population 2007
Total Population Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
11,038,261 50,158
Countries
Country
Argentina
Bolivia
Chile
Paraguay
Peru
Major Cities
Country Name Population Status Lat / Long
Argentina Salta 250,000 to 500,000 Provincial capital 24.79° S / 65.41° W
Argentina San Miguel De Tucuman 250,000 to 500,000 Provincial capital 26.83° S / 65.21° W
Bolivia Santa Cruz de La Sierra 250,000 to 500,000 Other 17.79° S / 63.2° W
Argentina San Salvador De Jujuy 100,000 to 250,000 Provincial capital 24.2° S / 65.3° W
Argentina Santiago Del Estero 100,000 to 250,000 Provincial capital 27.79° S / 64.27° W
Bolivia Oruro 100,000 to 250,000 Provincial capital 17.98° S / 67.11° W
Bolivia Potosi 100,000 to 250,000 Provincial capital 19.58° S / 65.76° W
Bolivia Sucre 100,000 to 250,000 Provincial capital 19.04° S / 65.26° W
Chile Antofagasta 100,000 to 250,000 Provincial capital 23.64° S / 70.4° W
Chile Iquique 100,000 to 250,000 Provincial capital 20.22° S / 70.15° W
Peru Tacna 100,000 to 250,000 Provincial capital 18.02° S / 70.25° W
Argentina Catamarca 50,000 to 100,000 Provincial capital 28.47° S / 65.78° W
Argentina La Rioja 50,000 to 100,000 Provincial capital 29.41° S / 66.86° W
Bolivia Tarija 50,000 to 100,000 Provincial capital 21.53° S / 64.73° W
Chile Copiapo 50,000 to 100,000 Provincial capital 27.36° S / 70.33° W
Paraguay Fortin Coronel Eugenia Garay Less than 50,000 Provincial capital 20.52° S / 62.2° W
Paraguay Mayor Pablo Lagerenza Less than 50,000 Provincial capital 19.97° S / 60.75° W

Infrastructure

Airports
Name Type Elevation (Ft.) Link Lat / Long
ANDALGALA Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 02953 27.63° S / 66.34° W
BARRILES Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 03475 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SCBE 22.14° S / 70.07° W
BELEN Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 03937 27.71° S / 67.1° W
CALDERA Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 00180 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SCCL 27.08° S / 70.8° W
CALILEGUA Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 01453 23.78° S / 64.75° W
CAMPO ARENAL Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 07625 27.07° S / 66.59° W
CAPITAN NICOLAS ROJAS Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 12913 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SLPO 19.54° S / 65.72° W
CATAMARCA Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 01522 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SANC 28.6° S / 65.75° W
CHAMONATE Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 00954 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SCHA 27.3° S / 70.41° W
CHANARAL Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 00097 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SCRA 26.33° S / 70.61° W
CHILECITO Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 03117 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SANO 29.22° S / 67.44° W
COPOSA Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 12468 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SCKP 20.75° S / 68.68° W
EL LOA Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 07514 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SCCF 22.5° S / 68.9° W
EL SALVADOR BAJO Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 05240 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SCES 26.31° S / 69.77° W
FIAMBALA Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 05000 27.64° S / 67.62° W
FRIAS Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 01083 28.63° S / 65.11° W
GENERAL ENRIQUE MOSCONI TARTAGAL Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 01473 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SAST 22.62° S / 63.79° W
ILO Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 00030 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SPLO 17.7° S / 71.34° W
JUJUY AEROCLUB Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 04049 24.24° S / 65.27° W
LA CHIMBA Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 00131 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SCMB 23.55° S / 70.4° W
LA QUIACA Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 11418 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SASQ 22.16° S / 65.57° W
LAS BREAS Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 02580 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SCTT 25.56° S / 70.38° W
OFICINA VICTORIA Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 03280 20.73° S / 69.63° W
ORAN Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 01168 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SASO 23.15° S / 64.33° W
PELICANO Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 03678 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SCEC 29.14° S / 70.89° W
SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 07960 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SCPE 22.92° S / 68.16° W
SANTA MARIA Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 05905 26.67° S / 66.02° W
SANTA VICTORIA Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 00853 22.29° S / 62.71° W
TINOGASTA Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 03970 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SANI 28.04° S / 67.58° W
VALLENAR Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 01725 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SCLL 28.6° S / 70.76° W
CHACALLUTA Active civil airport 00166 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SCAR 18.35° S / 70.34° W
JUANA AZURDUY DE PADILLA Active civil airport 09528 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SLSU 19.01° S / 65.29° W
JUJUY Active civil airport 03019 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SASJ 24.39° S / 65.1° W
LA RIOJA Active civil airport 01437 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SANL 29.38° S / 66.8° W
SALTA Active civil airport 04077 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SASA 24.86° S / 65.49° W
SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO Active civil airport 00656 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SANE 27.77° S / 64.31° W
TENIENTE BENJAMIN MATIENZO Active civil airport 01495 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SANT 26.84° S / 65.1° W
VIRU VIRU INTL Active civil airport 01224 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SLVR 17.64° S / 63.14° W
CANCHONES WEST Active joint (civil and military) airport 03000 20.43° S / 69.64° W
CAPITAN ORIEL LEA PLAZA Active joint (civil and military) airport 06084 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SLTJ 21.56° S / 64.7° W
CERRO MORENO INTL Active joint (civil and military) airport 00455 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SCFA 23.44° S / 70.45° W
CORONEL FAP CARLOS CIRIANI SANTA ROSA Active joint (civil and military) airport 01537 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SPTN 18.05° S / 70.28° W
DIEGO ARACENA INTL Active joint (civil and military) airport 00157 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SCDA 20.54° S / 70.18° W
EL TROMPILLO Active joint (civil and military) airport 01371 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SLET 17.81° S / 63.17° W
Nuclear Power Plants
Name Country Number of Reactors Lat / Long
None found for the area chosen.      

Environment

Urban/Rural Mask (SEDAC)
Land Cover Area (km2) %
Urban 13,823 0.8
Rural 1,311,792 80
Not classified 307,258 19
MODIS IGBP Land Cover
(excluding water area)
Land Cover Area (km2) %
Open Shrublands 387,120 29
Barren or Sparsely Vegetated 318,613 24
Grasslands 216,250 16
Deciduous Broadleaf Forest 147,843 11
Woody Savannas 82,478 6
Cropland/Natural Vegetation Mosaic 73,792 6
Evergreen Broadleaf Forest 40,769 3
Savannas 29,191 2
Croplands 28,832 2
Closed Shrublands 12,377 0.9
Snow and Ice 1,161 0.09
Unclassified 833 0.06
Permanent Wetlands 402 0.03
Urban and Built-Up 406 0.03
Evergreen Needleleaf Forest 58 0
Deciduous Needleleaf Forest 59 0
Mixed Forests 63 0
Elevation (meters)
(land only)
Minimum Maximum Average
1 6,668 1,897
Average Temperature (degrees C)
  Feb Mar Apr
low 12.2 11.1 8.4
high 24.1 23.2 21.0
Average Precipitation
  Feb Mar Apr
mm/day 2.7 2.0 1.1
Current Meteorological Observations (METAR)
Station Name Observation Time (UTC) Temp (F) Wind Speed (MPH) Wind Direction Sky Condition Lat / Long
None found for the area chosen.            

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