A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Contamana in Peru on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/08/24 / 2024-08-27 03:24:02 / August 27, 2024 @ 3:24 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nn0h. Id of event: us6000nn0h. The temblor was picked up at 03:24:02 / 3:24 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 161.588 km (100 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -74.4221 West, latitude -7.2261 South, depth = 161.588 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (41 miles) from Contamana (c. 13 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Contamana (min 5000 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 66 km E of Contamana, Peru.
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