A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Santa Rosa in Peru. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000niyh. Id of event: us6000niyh. Exact location of event, depth 118.248 km, -74.7871° West, -10.4891° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/08/24 / 2024-08-08 18:59:48 / August 8, 2024 @ 6:59 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 118.248 km (73 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:59:48 / 6:59 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Satipo, Perené, Oxapampa. Earthquake epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Satipo (c. 15 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Oxapampa (c. 12 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Villa Rica (c. 7 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Perené (c. 6 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 48 km NNE of Santa Rosa, Peru.
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