Magnitude 6.2 quake strikes off central Chile (Reuters)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) ? A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck off the central Chilean town of Concepcion on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

It said the quake struck 31 miles north of Concepcion at 1:04 p.m.(1604 GMT) at a shallow depth of 12.2 miles below the seabed in the Pacific Ocean.

The USGS earlier reported it as a magnitude of 5.8.

(Writing by Sandra Maler; Editing by Jackie Frank)

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120123/wl_nm/us_quake_chile

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