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USGS reports magnitude 6.4 quake southeast of Easter Island
The U.S. Geological Survey recorded a reviewed magnitude 6.4 earthquake southeast of Easter Island at 07:49 UTC Thursday, about 10 kilometers deep, with a tsunami flag of 0.
The U.S. Geological Survey recorded a magnitude 6.4 earthquake southeast of Easter Island at 07:49 UTC on Thursday1.
The reviewed USGS origin (event us7000ttxz) listed magnitude type Mww, a depth of about 10 kilometers and coordinates near 36.406 degrees south, 98.049 degrees west1. The agency set the tsunami flag to 0 on the event record1.
The USGS PAGER product listed an alert level of green, and the event page listed no felt reports1. Independent accounts of damage or local response were not in the government alert1.