A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Moquegua in Peru. Exact location, longitude -71.1115° West, latitude -17.0993° South, depth = 115.856 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mt6w. Unique identifier: us7000mt6w. 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: 18/06/24 / 2024-06-18 15:47:40 / June 18, 2024 @ 3:47 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 115.856 km (72 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 15:47:40 / 3:47 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mollendo, Arequipa, Ilabaya (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Arequipa (c. 841 100 pop), 22 km (13 miles) from Moquegua (c. 54 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Ilo (c. 53 500 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Mollendo (c. 29 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Ilabaya (c. 9 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Cocachacra (c. 8 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Pacocha (c. 7 600 pop).
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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 21 km WNW of Moquegua, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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