Earthquake and Tsunami in Chile

Chile

GDACS red alert as 8.3-magnitude quake hits Chile.

On 2/27/2010 6:34:17 AM, an earthquake of magnitude 8.3 and depth 59.4km occurred in Chile. This earthquake caused a tsunami with estimated wave heights of over 4m. Within 100km around the epicentre there are 630000 people. More info on www.gdacs.org.

Source: www.glidenumber.net/glide/public/search/details.jsp

 

Available Space-based Information for: Earthquake and Tsunami in Chile (27/02/2010)

 

UNOOSA/UN-SPIDER

Email: un-spider [at] unoosa.org

Link: http://www.un-spider.org

 

Status Update: 18/03/2010
 
 

Contact Points in Chile (Official)

ONEMI UN-SPIDER National Focal Point
Contact: Mr. Juan Piedra
jpiedra [at] onemi.gov.cl (jpiedra[at]onemi[dot]gov[dot]cl)
 
SNIT: (manage all the government agencies for recollection of information and distribution of it.
Contact: Iván Lienlaf
E-mail: ilienlafn [at] mbienes.cl (ilienlafn[at]mbienes[dot]cl)

Priority Areas as informed by ONEMI on 2 March 2010

1.- Constitución: -72,40964    -35,33523
2.- Dichato: -72,93464    -36,54807
3.- Tomé: -72,95417    -36,6146
4.- Talcahuano: -73,12208    -36,71731
5.- Pichilemu: -72,01315    -34,4085
6.- Llolleo: -71,61046    -33,61521
7.- Concepción: -73,05592    -36,82244
8.- Talca: -71,69648    -34,10332
9.- Juan Fernández: -78,64529    -33,6483
 
International Charter:
Activated on 27/02/2010
Project Manager: Oficina Nacional de Emergencia (ONEMI), Chile
Technical Contact: Mrs Cecilia Díaz
Charter Requester: UNOOSA on behalf of WFP

SERVIR
activated
Link: http://www.servir.net/terremoto_en_chile_2010

Google Crisis Response
Link: www.google.com/relief/chileearthquake/

  

Satellite Tasking No
Satellite
Date
Area
Status
Comments
 1
 TerraSar-X
  28 Feb
 Juan Fernandez Island
 Collected
 archive image (09/07/08)
   8 Mar Santiago Scheduled archive image(14/02/10)
   2 Mar Concepción Scheduled 
 2
 CosmoSkyMed
 28 Feb
 Concepción
 Talcahuano
 Penco
 Collected
   1 Mar Lota
 Concepción
  Pelluhue
 Constitución
 Santa Cruz
 Collected Quicklook
 Quicklook
 Quicklook
 Quicklook
 Quicklook
 3
 WorldView-01
 
 28 Feb
 
Center Lat/Long: -33.489°/-70.778°
Center Lat/Long:  -33.485°/-70.588°
Center Lat/Long:  -35.681°/-71.885°
Center Lat/Long:  -35.683°/-71.685°
Center Lat/Long:  -36.104°/-72.564°
Center Lat/Long:  -36.111°/-72.775°
 Collected
 
  WorldView-02 1 Mar

Center Lat/Long:  -33.811°/-70.675°
Center Lat/Long:  -33.982°/-70.847°
Center Lat/Long:  -33.786°/-70.637°
Center Lat/Long:  -34.156°/-70.971°
Center Lat/Long:  -33.931°/-70.799°
Center Lat/Long:  -36.128°/-71.946°
 

 Collected

 Browse Image

 Browse Image

 Browse Image
 

 Browse Image
 
 Browse Image

 Browse Image

additional imagery available with cloud coverage >75%

pre disaster imagery available

 

 WorldView-01
 WorldView-02
 Quickbird

 2 Mar/ 3 Mar/4 Mar

  Collected for details see attached collection reports below
  Quickbird   Collected 180 pre and post disaster images (Source: USGS)
 4
 GeoEye-1
 28 Feb
-36.422794/-72.824713
-36.43221/-72.573192
 
-36.432212/-72.573182
-36.440984/-72.286069
 
-36.292598/-72.808348
-36.299488/-72.56444
 
-36.299487/-72.564436
-36.310679/-72.281542
 
 Collected
 
 
 
 
  
 
 pre-disaster imagery available
 Imagery available through MDA
  Ikonos-2

 28 Feb

 

 

 28 Feb

 Santiago

 

 

-35.9802/-71.9864
-35.9041/-71.698

 Collected

 

 

 Collected

 geofuse
 geofuse
 geofuse
 geofuse
 geofuse

 geofuse 

 5
 Formosat
 27 Feb

 
 Coastal areas
 Collected
 6
 RapidEye
 27 Feb
 Concepción
 Collected
 images available free of charge for emergency missions
 7
 HJ-1
 
 
 Collected
 
 8
 ALOS/AVNIR-2
 27 Feb
 Santiago
 Collected
 
 9
 EO-1
 1 Mar
 4 Mar
 
 Concepcion area
 Collected
 
 pre and post disaster imagery
 USGS
 10 ASTER 09 Mar
 11 Mar
 Concepcion area
 Dichato Tome
 Talcahuano
 Constitucion
 Collected Post 12 Images
 USGS
 11 CBERS   Collected 
 12 SPOT

 10 Mar

 
11 Mar

 Valparaiso
 Constitucion
 Santiago
 Talcahuano
 Temuco

 Collected Imagery will be made available to UN community

 

 

If you have information to include in the table above or specific request to access the above resources, please contact spaceaid [at] unoosa.org

 

Geospatial Data and Information (latest update is on top)

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


ArcGIS Online

ESRI has downloaded the latest GeoEye imagery and published an ArcGIS Server Map Service and Image Service. They are available here:
http://events.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/
The imagery is available as REST, SOAP:
http://events.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/GeoEye_Chile_Feb28/MapServer
and KMZ:
http://events.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/GeoEye_Chile_Feb28/MapServer/kml/mapImage.kmz
The service has been added to the GEO Viewer (http://geoss.esri.com/geoviewer )

G-MOSAIC - Various available products
Link: http://spatial.telespazio.it/gmosaic_chile/
All products are freely accessible (dully credited to G-MOSAIC) in all formats available.

OSM Wiki (specific for the Chile Earthquake)
Link: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2010_Chile_earthquake

Google MapMaker GIS Vector Data (shapefiles) for Chile
open for UN and NGO use for relief efforts (no commercial use)
Link: http://mapmaker.google.com/datadownload

Also, Google has published post-earthquake imagery from RapidEye (5m resolution) of a part of the Chilean coast, for viewing in Google Earth.  You can find it in this network link KML, which will automatically update as higher resolution imagery and other data  become available:
http://mw1.google.com/mw-earth-vectordb/chile_earthquake_2010/Chile-Earthquake-nl.kml

SNIT and Geoportal
Link: www.snit.cl

Other
Link: http://maps.geography.uc.edu/~cgn/maps/Chile/vectors/


Satellite Communication

UN sends 45 satellite phones to Chile
ITU Link: www.itu.int/newsroom/press_releases/2010/09.html
Link: www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jgRtN2JSgvgXeDvm5uf7MmG3qE1QD9E62ITO0


General

Google Crisis Response
Link: www.google.com/relief/chileearthquake/


Situation Reports

Reliefweb
OCHA