A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Atiquipa in Peru. The epicenter was at a depth of 31.991 km (20 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/07/24 / 2024-07-09 00:10:16 / July 9, 2024 @ 12:10 am UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:10:16 / 12:10 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mxxi. Unique identifier: us7000mxxi. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -74.9142° West, latitude -16.0506° South, depth = 31.991 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Minas de Marcona. Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 96 km (59 miles) from Minas de Marcona (c. 15 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 65 km WSW of Atiquipa, Peru.
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