A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Churubamba in Peru. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/07/24 / 2024-07-31 14:05:04 / July 31, 2024 @ 2:05 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 11.071 km (7 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nh40. Unique identifier: us6000nh40. The temblor was detected at 14:05:04 / 2:05 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 11.071 km, -75.5481° West, -9.9054° South.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Villa Rica, Tingo María, Oxapampa (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Huánuco (c. 148 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Tingo María (c. 53 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Oxapampa (c. 12 000 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Villa Rica (c. 7 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Ambo (c. 6 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 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 three 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 65 km E of Churubamba, Peru.
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