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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Atiquipa in Peru


Earthquake location -15.6961S, -74.5238WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Atiquipa in Peru on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 06:10:09 / 6:10 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 25.759 km (16 miles). Global time and date of event 28/06/24 / 2024-06-28 06:10:09 / June 28, 2024 @ 6:10 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 25.759 km, -74.5238° West, -15.6961° South. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mx7w. Unique identifier: us7000mx7w.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Minas de Marcona (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (51 miles) from Minas de Marcona (c. 15 500 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 20 km WNW of Atiquipa, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -74.5238° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -15.6961° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 25.759 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20 km WNW of Atiquipa, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-28 06:10:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-11 09:38:02 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 284 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.804 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 143 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000mx7w Id of event.
Event Code 7000mx7w An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mx7w, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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