A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Vilcanchos in Peru. Id of earthquake: us7000ndl4. Event ids that are associated: us7000ndl4. Exact location of event, depth 87.073 km, -74.7475° West, -13.4574° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/09/24 / 2024-09-13 15:15:10 / September 13, 2024 @ 3:15 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:15:10 / 3:15 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 87.073 km (54 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Miguel, Huanta, Huancavelica. Earthquake epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Ayacucho (c. 140 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Huancavelica (c. 41 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Huanta (c. 18 600 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from San Miguel (c. 8 400 pop). 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 have been detected in the same area. 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 28 km NW of Vilcanchos, Peru.
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