A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Tiquillaca in Peru. Exact location of earthquake, -70.3264° West, -16.1347° South, depth 203.746 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:12:16 / 5:12 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 203.746 km (127 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000npff. Event ids that are associated: us6000npff. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/09/24 / 2024-09-03 05:12:16 / September 3, 2024 @ 5:12 am.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Juliaca, Ilave, Hacienda Huancane (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Juliaca (c. 245 700 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Puno (c. 116 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Ilave (c. 16 000 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Atuncolla (c. 12 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Hacienda Huancane (c. 7 800 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 two and in the last 365 days four 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 37 km SSW of Tiquillaca, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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