A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Calapuja in Peru. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/05/24 / 2024-05-22 16:38:53 / May 22, 2024 @ 4:38 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:38:53 / 4:38 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -70.1981° West, -15.3896° South, depth 233.278 km. Event id: us6000n0av. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n0av. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 233.278 km (145 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ilave, Hacienda Huancane, Putina (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 14 km (9 miles) from Juliaca (c. 245 700 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Puno (c. 116 600 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Ayaviri (c. 19 300 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Ilave (c. 16 000 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Azángaro (c. 13 300 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Atuncolla (c. 12 700 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Putina (c. 8 100 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, 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.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 8 km SSE of Calapuja, Peru.
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