A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from San Juan in Peru. Event id: us6000njz1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000njz1. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/08/24 / 2024-08-14 02:55:28 / August 14, 2024 @ 2:55 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -75.0397° West, -15.7914° South, depth 10 km. The temblor was detected at 02:55:28 / 2:55 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 107 km (67 miles) from Nazca (c. 23 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Minas de Marcona (c. 15 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nazca, Minas de Marcona.
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 twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. 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: 48 km SSE of San Juan, Peru.
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