A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from San Alejandro in Peru. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/05/24 / 2024-05-10 12:34:50 / May 10, 2024 @ 12:34 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 127.882 km (79 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -75.616 West, latitude -8.8889 South, depth = 127.882 km. The temblor was picked up at 12:34:50 / 12:34 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000mxqc. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000mxqc. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from Tingo María (c. 53 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tingo María. Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 44 km W of San Alejandro, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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