A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Palca in Peru on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 13:40:44 / 1:40 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -69.733° West, latitude -17.7453° South, depth = 149.678 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 149.678 km (93 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/05/24 / 2024-05-09 13:40:44 / May 9, 2024 @ 1:40 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000mxfm. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000mxfm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ilabaya, Tacna (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Event epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Ilabaya (c. 9 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 24 km E of Palca, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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