A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Palca in Peru. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 146.918 km (91 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -69.4434 West, latitude -18.0156 South, depth = 146.918 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:16:53 / 7:16 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/08/24 / 2024-08-23 19:16:53 / August 23, 2024 @ 7:16 pm. Id of earthquake: us7000n92l. Event ids that are associated: us7000n92l.
Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 86 km (53 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tacna (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventeen 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 60 km ESE of Palca, Peru.
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