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Strong earthquake, 6.4 mag has occurred near Diego de Almagro in Chile

Posted by admin on June 6, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -26.6448S, -70.4891WA earthquake magnitude 6.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Diego de Almagro in Chile. A tsunami warning has been issued near Diego de Almagro in Chile (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00sxg2l4, pt25157001, us6000qigd. Id of event: us6000qigd. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 76.583 km (48 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -70.4891° West, -26.6448° South, depth 76.583 km. The 6.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:15:06 / 5:15 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/06/25 / 2025-06-06 17:15:06 / June 6, 2025 @ 5:15 pm.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Copiapó (c. 129 300 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Diego de Almagro (c. 18 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Copiapó, Diego de Almagro (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. There are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world each year.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 52 km WSW of Diego de Almagro, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.4891° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -26.6448° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 76.583 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52 km WSW of Diego de Almagro, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-06-06 17:15:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-06 17:36:21 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 6 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 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 1 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 632 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 ,at,pt,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 167 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.505 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 29 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000qigd Id of event.
Event Code 6000qigd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00sxg2l4,pt25157001,us6000qigd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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