A earthquake magnitude 6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, Easter Island region (0 miles). Unique identifier: us6000c7b1. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000c7b1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 13:14:57 / 1:14 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -112.387° West, -28.6205° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/10/20 / 2020-10-10 13:14:57 / October 10, 2020 @ 1:14 pm.
Each year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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