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Very strong mag. 6.4 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, Chile, on Friday, Jul 15, 2022 at 2:37 pm (GMT -5) -

Very strong magnitude 6.4 earthquake at 10 km depth

15 Jul 19:47 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 10 minutes.
15 Jul 19:49: Epicenter location corrected by 6.4 km (4 mi) towards W.
15 Jul 19:56: Now using data updates from USGS
16 Jul 18:02: Epicenter location corrected by 3.3 km (2.1 mi) towards SSW.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Jul 15, 2022 19:37:20 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Friday, Jul 15, 2022 at 2:37 pm (GMT -5)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	6.4
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	44.5986°S / 79.7623°W (South Pacific Ocean, Chile)
Antipode	44.599°N / 100.238°E
Shaking intensity	Very strong shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
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Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Overcast Clouds 7.6°C (46 F), humidity: 73%, wind: 8 m/s (16 kts) from NW
Estimated seismic energy released	2.5 x 10¹⁴ joules (69.8 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 60036 tons of TNT or 3.8 atomic bombs!) \| about seismic energy

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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
6.4	10 km	Off the Coast of Aisen, Chile	USGS
6.4	10 km	Off Coast of Southern Chile	RaspberryShake
6.4	2 km	OFF COAST OF AISEN, CHILE	EMSC
5.1	10 km	Near Puerto Montt	RENASS
6.4	10 km	Off Coast of Southern Chile	GFZ
6.7	10 km	Off Coast of Southern Chile	GeoAu
6.4	10 km	Chile (Peruvian Point of View) [Sea]	INGV

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Buenos Aires (2131.9 km ENE of epicenter) [Map] / not felt (reported through our app)

Aftershocks

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (4 quakes)

Date and time	Mag Depth	Location	Details
Dec 26, 2022 09:12 23 weeks ago	4.5 10 km	South Pacific Ocean	More
Dec 9, 2022 08:06 26 weeks ago	4.6 10 km	South Pacific Ocean, Chile	More
Aug 9, 2022 11:04 43 weeks ago	4.8 10 km	South Pacific Ocean	More
Aug 9, 2022 10:37 43 weeks ago	5.7 10 km	South Pacific Ocean	More

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