UTC time: Sunday, July 04, 2021 01:01 AM
USGS page: M 6.0 - 89 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile
USGS status: Reviewed by a seismologist
Reports from the public: 26 people
10 km depth
Earthquakes
UTC time: Sunday, July 04, 2021 01:01 AM
USGS page: M 6.0 - 89 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile
USGS status: Reviewed by a seismologist
Reports from the public: 26 people
10 km depth
The earthquake hit at around 20:14:38 GMT on Friday.
The epicenter, with a depth of 605.63 km, was initially determined to be at 21.8295 degrees south latitude and 179.3622 degrees west longitude, the Xinhua news agency reported.
No casualties have been reported.
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According to the Geophysical Institute of Peru, the epicenter was located 33km southwest of the town of Mala in Lima Region. Strong tremors were felt in the capital as well.
The sudden tremors interrupted several live interviews on TV, with newscasters instructing everyone to remain calm.
The epicenter, with a depth of 27.01 km, was initially determined to be at 30.3301 degrees south latitude and 177.4501 degrees west longitude.
The quake, which struck at 1705 GMT Sunday, had an epicentre located 938 kilometers northeast of Ngunguru, on New Zealand's North Island, at a depth of 10 kilometers, the USGS said.
There were no immediate reports of damage or a tsunami. The tiny Kermadec Islands are mostly uninhabited.
Source: AFP
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The quake struck at a depth of 19 km (11 miles). There were no immediate reports of casualties.
Indonesia's Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) urged people in a text message to move away from beaches and seek higher ground, noting that the warning applied especially to Seram Island.
BMKG had initially said a tsunami triggered by the movement of tectonic plates was unlikely - but then said one could still be triggered by underwater landslides, of which there would be no warning.
"If the tsunami is caused by an underwater landslide, it cannot be detected from the current early warning system," the head of BMKG, Dwikorita Karnawati,told a news conference.
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The tremors were strong enough for some locals to feel it, The Oregonian reported.
The earthquake rumbled at 8:51 p.m. June 5, just south of the summit of Mount Hood. It was preceded by several earthquakes in the hour before the quake, and tens of aftershocks have occurred since, the Cascades Volcano Observatory of the U.S. Geological Survey reported in a news release Saturday night.
The volcanic action and location are consistent with past swarms in the Mount Hood area, including a magnitude 4.5 on June 29, 2002, that was located about 1 mile east of Saturday's ground shaker.
Aftershocks will likely continue for hours or days, some of which may be felt, according to the news release.
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A swarm of earthquakes is currently impacting southern California
A swarm of earthquakes is currently impacting southern California
The strong 5.3 earthquake struck about 6 and a half miles west of Calipatria at a depth of 3.6 miles. More than 700 residents from Los Angeles to San Diego to El Centro reported experiencing the quake to the USGS, including many that reported "strong shaking."
Today's significant earthquake swarm is occurring near the Salton Sea, a shallow landlocked lake with a high salt concentration in Riverside and Imperial counties of California. The Salton Sea sits on the San Andreas Fault at the southern end of the state of California. In this region, the Earth's crust is being stretched. Today's earthquakes are tied to submerged faults near the southern end of the San Andreas Fault. Called the Brawley seismic zone, this extensional region connects the San Andreas with the Imperial Fault in southern California.
Today's swarm comes on the heels of another earthquake swarm that impacted the Disney Land area last weekend north of today's swarm.
A cluster of earthquakes were reported in the same area at the end of April.
The tremors occurred about 89 miles and 98 miles west of the coastal town of Gold Beach, Oregon, after 1 a.m. (PT) Friday morning, according to USGS.
A few people reported light shaking on the coast, the USGS report showed.
At least five earthquakes ranging in magnitudes from 3.2 to 5.9 have occurred in the area in the last few hours, according to USGS.
The strong quake hit at a relatively shallow depth of 31 kilometres (20 miles), about 127 kilometres southwest of the city of Ternate.
Shallower quakes tend to cause more damage, but there were no immediate reports of casualties.
"It was a decent shake, but people weren't panicking," said Ternate resident Nasarudin Amin.
"There are warnings about potential aftershocks."
Comment: The earlier event: Strong shallow magnitude 6.3 earthquake shakes New Zealand's Kermadec Islands