A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, Southeast of Easter Island (0 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:55:06 / 6:55 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -102.7357 West, latitude -35.9759 South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/10/16 / 2016-10-24 01:55:06 / October 24, 2016 @ 1:55 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007gb2. Id of event: us20007gb2.
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 in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes 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: Southeast of Easter Island.
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