Magnitude 6.4, southeast of Easter Island.
Occurred 4 hours ago (2026-10-29 07:49 UTC). Record reviewed, last revised 1 hour ago. Fetched just now. Every number on this page comes from the USGS feed; the sentence is a template over those fields.
Magnitude 6.4 earthquake, 10 km deep, at 29 Oct 07:49 UTC. USGS places it "southeast of Easter Island".
DERIVED. The last earthquake at least this strong within 100 km was magnitude 6.7 on 3 Feb 2021 ("West Chile Rise"). USGS ComCat search: earthquakes within 100 km of this epicentre, magnitude 6.4 or more, from 1 Jan 1900 to just before this one, newest first. Magnitudes of different types are compared as the catalogue publishes them.
ESTIMATE · USGS PAGER · GREEN. The USGS's own estimate of likely fatalities and economic losses for this earthquake, from its PAGER model. ESTIMATE: the source's own model estimate, not a count. PAGER at the USGS
Epicentre at -36.406, -98.049 (USGS). The dashed ring is 100 km. Coastlines from Natural Earth (public domain), drawn from the coordinate; nothing placed by hand.