A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Tisco in Peru. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/10/20 / 2020-10-13 05:19:46 / October 13, 2020 @ 5:19 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000c7xy. Unique identifier: us6000c7xy. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:19:46 / 5:19 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 181.12 km (113 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 181.12 km, -71.7658° West, -15.1866° South.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lluta, Orcopampa (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Event epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) from Lluta (c. 6 000 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Orcopampa (c. 5 600 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 38 km WNW of Tisco, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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