A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Acarí in Peru. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nn9f. Unique identifier: us6000nn9f. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/08/24 / 2024-08-07 22:18:44 / August 7, 2024 @ 10:18 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -74.7433° West, -15.3147° South, depth 61.65 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:18:44 / 10:18 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 61.65 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nazca, Minas de Marcona (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 58 km (36 miles) from Nazca (c. 23 600 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Minas de Marcona (c. 15 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 18 km NW of Acarí, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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