A earthquake magnitude 6.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Diego de Almagro in Chile. Unique identifier: us20006hi2. Ids that are associated to the event: us20006hi2. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/07/16 / 2016-07-25 17:26:49 / July 25, 2016 @ 5:26 pm. The 6.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:26:49 / 1:26 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 68.54 km (43 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -70.6463 West, latitude -26.1057 South, depth = 68.54 km.
Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from Diego de Almagro (c. 18 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Taltal (c. 10 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Taltal, Diego de Almagro.
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 one and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 66 km WNW of Diego de Almagro, Chile.
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