A earthquake magnitude 6.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Putre in Chile. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/10/17 / 2017-10-10 06:32:20 / October 10, 2017 @ 6:32 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 02:32:20 / 2:32 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 82.43 km (51 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000b3dm. Event ids that are associated: us2000b3dm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -69.6411° West, -18.5212° South, depth 82.43 km.
Event epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Arica (c. 186 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tacna, Arica. Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop), Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 36 km SSW of Putre, Chile.
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