A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Huaquirca in Peru. Id of earthquake: us6000c181. Event ids that are associated: us6000c181. The epicenter was at a depth of 66.33 km (41 miles). The temblor was picked up at 06:49:36 / 6:49 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -72.8441 West, latitude -14.2589 South, depth = 66.33 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/09/20 / 2020-09-22 06:49:36 / September 22, 2020 @ 6:49 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 70 km (43 miles) from Abancay (c. 55 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Andahuaylas (c. 17 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from San Jerónimo (c. 5 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Andahuaylas, San Jerónimo, Abancay (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 10 km NNE of Huaquirca, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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