A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from San Antonio in Peru. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.7869 West, latitude -17.2029 South, depth = 111.75 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:24:43 / 12:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 14/07/24 / 2024-07-14 00:24:43 / July 14, 2024 @ 12:24 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nf9w. Id of event: us6000nf9w. The epicenter was at a depth of 111.75 km (69 miles).
Event epicenter was 16 km (10 miles) from Moquegua (c. 54 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Ilo (c. 53 500 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Ilabaya (c. 9 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Pacocha (c. 7 600 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Torata (c. 7 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ilo, Pacocha, Ilabaya (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 14 km E of San Antonio, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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