A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Desaguadero in Peru. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 184.65 km (115 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:26:48 / 9:26 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us70007q7b. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70007q7b. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/02/20 / 2020-02-09 02:26:48 / February 9, 2020 @ 2:26 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -69.4966° West, latitude -16.9133° South, depth = 184.65 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yunguyo, Juli, Desaguadero. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Event epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Yunguyo (c. 16 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Juli (c. 7 300 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Desaguadero (c. 5 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 61 km SW of Desaguadero, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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