A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Tarata in Peru on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 10:04:01 / 10:04 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 26/07/20 / 2020-07-26 10:04:01 / July 26, 2020 @ 10:04 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -69.8228 West, latitude -17.5837 South, depth = 19.35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 19.35 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us6000b4bs. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000b4bs.
Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Ilabaya (c. 9 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ilabaya, Tacna (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-seven 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 25 km ESE of Tarata, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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