A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Atiquipa in Peru. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 68.2 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/11/20 / 2020-11-13 04:38:15 / November 13, 2020 @ 4:38 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:38:15 / 4:38 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000ce68. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000ce68. Exact location of event, longitude -74.5156 West, latitude -15.741 South, depth = 68.2 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Minas de Marcona (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 87 km (54 miles) from Minas de Marcona (c. 15 500 pop). Nearby 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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 17 km WNW of Atiquipa, Peru.
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