A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Camaná in Peru. Global time and date of event 04/09/24 / 2024-09-04 14:44:20 / September 4, 2024 @ 2:44 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -72.7549° West, latitude -16.6494° South, depth = 125.253 km. Unique identifier: us6000npnh. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000npnh. The temblor was detected at 14:44:20 / 2:44 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 125.253 km (78 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from Mollendo (c. 29 000 pop), 6 km (3 miles) from Camaná (c. 16 400 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 Mollendo, Camaná.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 two and in the last 365 days five 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.
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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: 5 km WSW of Camaná, Peru.
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