A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 80 kilometers (50 miles) from San Juan in Peru on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000n11h. Unique identifier: us6000n11h. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:13:39 / 4:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -75.7869° West, -15.7607° South. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/05/24 / 2024-05-26 04:13:39 / May 26, 2024 @ 4:13 am UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 95 km (59 miles) from Minas de Marcona (c. 15 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Minas de Marcona (min 5000 pop).
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 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 in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 80 km WSW of San Juan, Peru.
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