A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Estique in Peru. 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: 15/09/24 / 2024-09-15 13:17:31 / September 15, 2024 @ 1:17 pm. The temblor was detected at 13:17:31 / 1:17 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 155.08 km, -69.5669° West, -17.5249° South. The epicenter was at a depth of 155.08 km (96 miles). Event id: us7000ne1v. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ne1v.
Epicenter of the event was 91 km (56 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tacna. Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixteen 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 47 km E of Estique, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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