A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Puquio in Peru on Monday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 73.08 km (45 miles). Global time and date of event 24/04/18 / 2018-04-24 02:44:31 / April 24, 2018 @ 2:44 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 21:44:31 / 9:44 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000dr3g. Event ids that are associated: us1000dr3g. Exact location, longitude -74.293° West, latitude -14.3188° South, depth = 73.08 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coracora, Nazca, Tambo (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Nazca (c. 23 600 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Puquio (c. 10 500 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Coracora (c. 7 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Tambo (c. 5 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).
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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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