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.

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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 ,of Bio-Bio (population 1,280,884) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1074175	-36.097/-73.626	6.2	10	0	17 Oct 2016 10:27	578d 16:00	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Bio-Bio	Chile	1.3 million people
	Maule	Chile	110000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Quiriguina I	Bío-Bío	Chile	Village	-	75 km
Cielo	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	75 km
Boca de Itata	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	76 km
Los Morros	Bío-Bío	Chile	Village	-	76 km
Buchupureo	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	77 km
Vegos de Itata	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	78 km
Dichato	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	80 km
Trogualemo	Maule	Chile	Village	-	80 km
Tomé	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	51000 people	83 km
Talcahuano	Bio-Bio	Chile	City	250000 people	85 km
Tres Esquinas	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	85 km
Chevelle	Maule	Chile	Village	-	89 km
Coelemu	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	93 km
Illoquilque	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	95 km
Rafael	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	96 km
Concepción	Bio-Bio	Chile	Major city	210000 people	96 km
Quirihue	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	99 km
Las Lomas	Maule	Chile	Village	-	100 km
Roa	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	103 km
Chanco	Maule	Chile	Village	-	107 km
Loanco	Maule	Chile	Village	-	109 km
Pilén	Maule	Chile	Village	-	110 km
Cancha Alegre	Maule	Chile	Village	-	110 km
Coronel	Bio-Bio	Chile	City	91000 people	112 km
El Milagro	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	112 km
Ñipas	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	113 km
Gualqui	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	115 km
El Maiten	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	116 km
Portezuelo	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	118 km
Florida	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	118 km
Los Pinos	Maule	Chile	Village	-	118 km
Cauquenes	Maule	Chile	City	31000 people	119 km
Santa Juana	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	121 km
Pocillas	Bío-Bío	Chile	Village	-	126 km
Confluencia	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	126 km
Carampangue	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	133 km
San Nicolás	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	134 km
Verquico	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	136 km
El Macal	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	138 km
Santa Cruz	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	138 km
Bulnes	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	13000 people	139 km
Belen	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	142 km
Esquina Borracha	Maule	Chile	Village	-	146 km
Chillán Viejo	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	146 km
Chillán	Bio-Bio	Chile	City	160000 people	148 km
Los Ángeles	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	148 km
San Javier	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	149 km
Cambrero	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	151 km
Monte Águila	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	153 km
San Carlos	Bio-Bio	Chile	City	31000 people	154 km
Parral	Maule	Chile	Village	27000 people	162 km
San Gregorio	Bio-Bio	Chile	Village	-	165 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
La Playa		8				0	129 km
General Bernardo O Higgins	YAI	148	Civ.	Paved	Yes	5400	153 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Talcahuano	CLTAL	Chile	80 km
Talca	CLTLX	Chile	81 km
San Vicente	CLSVE	Chile	83 km
Tome	CLTOM	Chile	83 km
Lirquen	CLLQN	Chile	89 km
Coronel	CLCNL	Chile	112 km

More information

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