A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from San Ignacio in Peru. Unique identifier: us7000n0qm. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000n0qm. The temblor was reported at 23:56:24 / 11:56 pm (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 58.899 km (37 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/07/24 / 2024-07-21 23:56:24 / July 21, 2024 @ 11:56 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -78.6118 West, latitude -4.9082 South, depth = 58.899 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cajaruro, Jaén, Bellavista. Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Jaén (c. 52 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from La Peca (c. 27 000 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from San Ignacio (c. 7 900 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Cajaruro (c. 7 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Bellavista (c. 6 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 50 km ENE of San Ignacio, Peru.
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