A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Chipispaya in Peru. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 115.89 km (72 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us70006yc1. Event ids that are associated: us70006yc1. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.192 West, latitude -17.6358 South, depth = 115.89 km. The temblor was picked up at 06:06:49 / 6:06 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/01/20 / 2020-01-11 11:06:49 / January 11, 2020 @ 11:06 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 43 km (26 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Moquegua (c. 54 500 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Ilabaya (c. 9 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Torata (c. 7 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Torata, Moquegua, Tacna (min 5000 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 twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 15 km S of Chipispaya, Peru.
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