Overall Green Earthquake alert in Chile on 18 Mar 2015 18:27 UTC

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M 6.2 in Chile on 18 Mar 2015 18:27 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters

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:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	-36.0967 , -73.6259
Event Date:	18 Mar 2015 18:27 UTC 18 Mar 2015 13:27 Local
Exposed Population:	830000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	18 Mar 2015 18:51 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.7		0.7
	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1074175		0.7	18 Mar 2015 18:27	6.2M, 10km	N/A	840 thousand (in 100km)		00:23	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.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Chile , Region of Bio-Bio (population 1,789,433) . The nearest places are and Concepciï¿½n.

Radius	Population
100 km	840000 people
75 km	2600 people
50 km	no people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Bio-Bio	Chile	1.8 million people
Maule	Chile	860000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Concepciï¿½n	Bio-Bio	Chile	Major city	210000 people	96 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Carriel Sur International	CCP	12	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7500	90 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Talcahuano	CLTAL	Chile	80 km
Talca	CLTLX	Chile	81 km
Tome	CLTOM	Chile	83 km
San Vicente	CLSVE	Chile	83 km
Lirquen	CLLQN	Chile	89 km

More information

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