A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from San Pedro in Peru. Exact location of event, depth 71.43 km, -74.2821° West, -15.0725° South. The temblor was detected at 02:47:54 / 2:47 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/08/24 / 2024-08-18 02:47:54 / August 18, 2024 @ 2:47 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000n7qd. Unique identifier: us7000n7qd. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 71.43 km (44 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Minas de Marcona, Nazca, Coracora (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Nazca (c. 23 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Minas de Marcona (c. 15 500 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Puquio (c. 10 500 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Coracora (c. 7 400 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Tambo (c. 5 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 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: 39 km SSW of San Pedro, Peru.
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