A major earthquake magnitude 7.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Atiquipa in Peru. Exact location, longitude -74.4447° West, latitude -15.8106° South, depth = 27.985 km. Global time and date of event 28/06/24 / 2024-06-28 05:36:37 / June 28, 2024 @ 5:36 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 05:36:37 / 5:36 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 27.985 km (17 miles). Unique identifier: us6000n8tq. Ids that are associated to the event: pt24180000, at00sfrzl3, us6000n8tq. A tsunami warning has been issued near Atiquipa in Peru (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puquio, Tambo, Nazca. The epicenter was 121 km (75 miles) from Nazca (c. 23 600 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Minas de Marcona (c. 15 500 pop), 128 km (79 miles) from Puquio (c. 10 500 pop), 112 km (69 miles) from Coracora (c. 7 400 pop), 126 km (78 miles) from Tambo (c. 5 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 15 major quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 7.0 to 7.9 may cause serious damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 8 km W of Atiquipa, Peru.
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