A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Chuquitira in Peru. Event id: us7000bhaz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000bhaz. The temblor was detected at 17:48:29 / 5:48 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 152.11 km (95 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.7582 West, latitude -17.2024 South, depth = 152.11 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/09/20 / 2020-09-03 17:48:29 / September 3, 2020 @ 5:48 pm UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Ilabaya (c. 9 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ilabaya (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 thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 31 km ENE of Chuquitira, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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