A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Atiquipa in Peru on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000mz09. Event ids that are associated: us7000mz09. Exact location of earthquake, -74.5775° West, -15.9193° South, depth 12.781 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:35:41 / 3:35 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12.781 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 13/07/24 / 2024-07-13 03:35:41 / July 13, 2024 @ 3:35 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 97 km (60 miles) from Minas de Marcona (c. 15 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Minas de Marcona (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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. 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: 26 km WSW of Atiquipa, Peru.
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