Earthquake: M 6.2 quake strikes near Talcahuano in Chile

A earthquake magnitude 6.2 (mg/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Talcahuano in Chile. The temblor was reported at 13:27:28 / 1:27 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time of event 18/03/15 / 2015-03-18 18:27:28 / March 18, 2015 @ 6:27 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -73.6259 West, latitude -36.0967 South, depth 10 km, unique identifier, us10001nj1.

Close countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). The epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Talcahuano (c. 253 000 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Concepción (c. 215 400 pop), 113 km (70 miles) from Coronel (c. 92 900 pop), 107 km (66 miles) from Chiguayante (c. 82 500 pop), 118 km (73 miles) from Lota (c. 49 800 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cauquenes, Lota, Coronel.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	6.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-73.6259° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-36.0967° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	82km NNW of Talcahuano, Chile	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-03-18 18:27:28	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-03-18 18:51:07	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-300	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	23	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.2	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	4.73	The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	601	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.888	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.85 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	34	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mwb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us10001nj1	Id of event.
Event Code	10001nj1	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10001nj1,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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