A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Lluta in Peru on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 109.95 km (68 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/06/20 / 2020-06-29 02:42:23 / June 29, 2020 @ 2:42 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -72.1732° West, -15.8134° South, depth 109.95 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:42:23 / 2:42 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000ae0p. Unique identifier: us7000ae0p.
Event epicenter was 94 km (59 miles) from Arequipa (c. 841 100 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Lluta (c. 6 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Yura (c. 5 700 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Orcopampa (c. 5 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arequipa, Yura, Orcopampa (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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. 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 sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 28 km NW of Lluta, Peru.
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