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Lower Left Latitude/Longitude: 36.34 S°, 78.06 W°
Upper Right Latitude/Longitude: 24.34 S°, 66.06 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
Descabezado Grande Chile Unknown Southern Andes Volcano Observatory GVP Site Link Wed Mar 13 08:29:37 HST 2013 35.58° S / 70.75° W
Planchon-Peteroa Chile Unknown Southern Andes Volcano Observatory GVP Site Link Wed Jun 29 07:04:07 HST 2011 35.24° S / 70.57° 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
32
5 Most Recent Earthquakes
Date(UTC) Magnitude Depth(Km) Intensity Deaths Location Lat / Long
Apr 17 2012 03:50 6.7 29   2 CHILE: VALPARAISO 32.62° S / 71.37° W
Mar 25 2012 22:37 7.2 41   1 CHILE: PARRAL, SANTIAGO 35.2° S / 72.22° W
Mar 11 2010 00:14 6.9 11 0 CHILE: RANCAGUA 34.29° S / 71.89° W
Feb 27 2010 00:06 8.8 23 9 297 CHILE: MAULE, CONCEPCION, TALCAHUANO 36.12° S / 72.9° W
Dec 10 2008 00:10 4.1 10 0 ARGENTINA: POTRERILLOS 32.94° S / 69.26° W
5 Largest Earthquakes
Date(UTC) Magnitude Depth(Km) Intensity Deaths Location Lat / Long
Feb 27 2010 00:06 8.8 23 9 297 CHILE: MAULE, CONCEPCION, TALCAHUANO 36.12° S / 72.9° W
Jul 08 1730 00:08 8.7 0 11 2 CHILE: VALPARAISO 32.5° S / 71.5° W
Nov 20 1822 00:02 8.5 0 11 0 CHILE: VALPARAISO, QUILLOTA, CONCON, ACONCAGUA 33.0° S / 71.63° W
May 14 1647 00:02 8.5 0 11 1000 CHILE: SANTIAGO 33.4° S / 70.6° W
Nov 11 1922 00:04 8.5 25 500 CHILE: ATACAMA 28.5° S / 70.0° W

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

Last 100 Years Eruptions
Count
15
5 Most Recent Eruptions
Name Date(UTC) Magnitude Location Lat / Long
TUPUNGATITO Nov 29 1987 00:00 0.0 CHILE-C 33.4° S / 69.8° W
TUPUNGATITO Jan 10 1980 00:00 2.0 CHILE-C 33.4° S / 69.8° W
TUPUNGATITO Dec 03 1964 00:00 2.0 CHILE-C 33.4° S / 69.8° W
PLANCHON-PETEROA Jan 01 1962 00:00 1.0 CHILE-C 35.24° S / 70.57° W
TUPUNGATITO Dec 05 1961 00:00 2.0 CHILE-C 33.4° S / 69.8° 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
Jul 06 2011 00:00 CHILE COQUIMBO 0.1   29.93° S / 71.35° W
Mar 12 2011 03:50 CHILE COQUIMBO 2.4   29.93° S / 71.35° W
Mar 11 2010 00:00 CHILE SAN ANTONIO 0.1 0 33.58° S / 71.63° W
Feb 27 2010 00:00 CHILE Constitucíon 29.0 0 35.33° S / 72.43° W
Sep 29 2009 08:23 CHILE CALDERA 0.4 0 27.07° S / 70.83° W
5 Largest Tsunami Runups
Date(UTC) Country Location Runup(meters) Deaths Lat / Long
Feb 27 2010 00:00 CHILE Constitucíon 29.0 0 35.33° S / 72.43° W
Nov 11 1922 06:00 CHILE CHANARAL 9.0 0 26.38° S / 70.67° W
Aug 13 1868 00:42 CHILE COQUIMBO 7.5 0 29.93° S / 71.35° 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.
Feb 23 2003 00:00 Nov 09 2003 00:00 3.4 44.3 34.5 S 66.69000244 W
Nov 06 2003 00:00 Nov 07 2003 00:00 2.8 77.4 34.5 S 66.38999939 W
Jun 17 2002 00:00 Dec 02 2002 00:00 4.8 80.0 33.90000153 S 66.58999634 W
Nov 18 2002 00:00 Nov 30 2002 00:00 6.0 52.6 34.70000076 S 67.56999969 W
Feb 09 2001 00:00 Feb 23 2001 00:00 3.9 45.5 33.75 S 66.41000366 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)
13,046,187 40,614
Population 2002
Total Population Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
13,237,116 67,349
Population 2006
Total Population Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
13,971,523 72,393
Population 2007
Total Population Maximum Density (ppl/km2)
14,103,978 72,741
Countries
Country
Argentina
Chile
Major Cities
Country Name Population Status Lat / Long
Chile Santiago 1,000,000 to 5,000,000 National and provincial capital 33.48° S / 70.65° W
Chile Valparaiso 250,000 to 500,000 Provincial capital 33.02° S / 71.56° W
Argentina Mendoza 100,000 to 250,000 Provincial capital 32.9° S / 68.83° W
Argentina San Juan 100,000 to 250,000 Provincial capital 31.53° S / 68.53° W
Chile La Serena 100,000 to 250,000 Provincial capital 29.9° S / 71.25° W
Chile Talca 100,000 to 250,000 Provincial capital 35.42° S / 71.66° W
Argentina La Rioja 50,000 to 100,000 Provincial capital 29.41° S / 66.86° W
Argentina San Luis 50,000 to 100,000 Provincial capital 33.32° S / 66.35° W
Chile Copiapo 50,000 to 100,000 Provincial capital 27.36° S / 70.33° W
Chile Coquimbo 50,000 to 100,000 Other 29.96° S / 71.33° W
Chile San Fernando Less than 50,000 Provincial capital 34.59° S / 70.99° 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
AUCO Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 01420 31.58° S / 71.11° 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
CAMPO ARENAL Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 07625 27.07° S / 66.59° W
CHAMICAL Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 01503 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SACT 30.35° S / 66.29° 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
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
HUANCARA Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 01968 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SCVN 30.03° S / 70.75° W
LA PUNTILLA Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 02953 32.96° S / 68.87° 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
LAS TACAS Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 00140 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SCQT 30.1° S / 71.36° W
MALARGUE Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 04692 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SAMM 35.48° S / 69.58° W
PANGUILEMO Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 00371 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SCTL 35.38° S / 71.6° 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 JUAN AEROCLUB Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 02080 31.6° S / 68.55° W
SANTA ROSA DE TABALI Active airport without required facilities for civil or military use 00787 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SCOT 30.68° S / 71.4° 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
ARTURO MERINO BENITEZ INTL Active civil airport 01554 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SCEL 33.39° S / 70.79° W
EULOGIO SANCHEZ Active civil airport 02129 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SCTB 33.46° S / 70.55° W
LA FLORIDA Active civil airport 00481 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SCSE 29.92° S / 71.19° W
LA RIOJA Active civil airport 01437 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SANL 29.38° S / 66.8° W
SAN JUAN Active civil airport 01959 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SANU 31.57° S / 68.42° W
SAN LUIS Active civil airport 02329 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SAOU 33.27° S / 66.36° W
SAN RAFAEL Active civil airport 02470 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SAMR 34.59° S / 68.4° W
EL PLUMERILLO Active joint (civil and military) airport 02311 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SAME 32.83° S / 68.79° W
LOS CERRILLOS Active joint (civil and military) airport 01678 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SCTI 33.49° S / 70.7° W
VINA DEL MAR Active joint (civil and military) airport 00461 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SCVM 32.95° S / 71.48° W
DE LA INDEPENDENCIA Active military airport 01446 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SCRG 34.17° S / 70.78° W
EL BOSQUE Active military airport 01844 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SCBQ 33.56° S / 70.69° W
QUINTERO Active military airport 00017 http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=SCER 32.79° S / 71.52° 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 11,439 0.7
Rural 663,371 43
Not classified 861,277 56
MODIS IGBP Land Cover
(excluding water area)
Land Cover Area (km2) %
Open Shrublands 315,012 46
Barren or Sparsely Vegetated 222,747 33
Grasslands 84,945 12
Croplands 21,583 3
Woody Savannas 10,676 1.6
Cropland/Natural Vegetation Mosaic 10,047 1.5
Closed Shrublands 8,590 1.3
Evergreen Broadleaf Forest 4,235 0.6
Deciduous Broadleaf Forest 1,314 0.2
Mixed Forests 1,219 0.2
Unclassified 1,145 0.2
Savannas 754 0.1
Snow and Ice 717 0.1
Urban and Built-Up 585 0.09
Evergreen Needleleaf Forest 233 0.03
Permanent Wetlands 45 0.01
Deciduous Needleleaf Forest 14 0
Elevation (meters)
(land only)
Minimum Maximum Average
2 6,813 1,957
Average Temperature (degrees C)
  Nov Dec Jan
low 6.7 9.3 10.0
high 20.1 22.3 22.6
Average Precipitation
  Nov Dec Jan
mm/day 0.6 0.7 1.0
Current Meteorological Observations (METAR)
Station Name Observation Time (UTC) Temp (F) Wind Speed (MPH) Wind Direction Sky Condition Lat / Long
PUDAHUEL/ARTURO Mon Mar 18 2013 23:00 69.8F 14.0 SSW Few clouds 18000 ft. 33.37° S / 70.77° W

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