A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Juli in Peru on Saturday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:34:09 / 8:34 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us600052yr. Unique identifier: us600052yr. Exact location of event, depth 187.41 km, -69.857° West, -16.6695° South. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 187.41 km (116 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/08/19 / 2019-08-04 01:34:09 / August 4, 2019 @ 1:34 am.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Desaguadero, Ilave, Juli. Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from Ilave (c. 16 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Juli (c. 7 300 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Desaguadero (c. 5 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 66 km SW of Juli, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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