A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, southeast of Easter Island (0 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pm9t. Id of event: us7000pm9t. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -101.8339° West, -35.7442° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/03/25 / 2025-03-15 12:20:32 / March 15, 2025 @ 12:20 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 12:20:32 / 12:20 pm (local time epicenter).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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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