A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Mungui in Peru on Sunday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/04/24 / 2024-04-21 22:15:57 / April 21, 2024 @ 10:15 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -72.92° West, latitude -15.0245° South, depth = 84.325 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mdql. Unique identifier: us7000mdql. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 84.325 km (52 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:15:57 / 10:15 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Coracora, Orcopampa (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Coracora (c. 7 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Orcopampa (c. 5 600 pop). Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 17 km N of Mungui, Peru.
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