A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Atiquipa in Peru. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mzl2. Id of event: us7000mzl2. The epicenter was at a depth of 31.958 km (20 miles). Global time and date of event 08/07/24 / 2024-07-08 14:07:45 / July 8, 2024 @ 2:07 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -74.7945° West, -15.8678° South, depth 31.958 km. The temblor was detected at 14:07:45 / 2:07 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Minas de Marcona (c. 15 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Minas de Marcona (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 46 km W of Atiquipa, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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