A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Challabamba in Peru. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 01:57:02 / 1:57 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -71.4425° West, latitude -13.2394° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/04/24 / 2024-04-17 01:57:02 / April 17, 2024 @ 1:57 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mcl3. Unique identifier: us7000mcl3.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Anta, Urubamba, Cusco. Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 65 km (40 miles) from Cusco (c. 312 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Calca (c. 9 200 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Urubamba (c. 7 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Anta (c. 5 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Urcos (c. 5 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, 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 have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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