A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Talara in Peru. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/05/24 / 2024-05-07 22:22:47 / May 7, 2024 @ 10:22 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:22:47 / 10:22 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -81.9266 West, latitude -4.4413 South, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us6000mx3a. Event ids that are associated: us6000mx3a. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Talara (c. 99 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from El Alto (c. 9 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was El Alto, Talara (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 74 km WNW of Talara, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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