A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Palca in Peru. The temblor was reported at 02:53:44 / 2:53 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/07/24 / 2024-07-21 02:53:44 / July 21, 2024 @ 2:53 am. Exact location of event, longitude -69.8456 West, latitude -17.9671 South, depth = 110.55 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000n0k9. Unique identifier: us7000n0k9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 110.55 km (69 miles).
The epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Arica (c. 186 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop), Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arica, Tacna (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 24 km SSE of Palca, Peru.
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