A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Atiquipa in Peru. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:52:17 / 5:52 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/06/24 / 2024-06-28 05:52:17 / June 28, 2024 @ 5:52 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.515 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000n8tz. Event ids that are associated: us6000n8tz. Exact location of event, longitude -74.7936 West, latitude -15.952 South, depth = 27.515 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Minas de Marcona (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (55 miles) from Minas de Marcona (c. 15 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eleven 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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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: 49 km WSW of Atiquipa, Peru.
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