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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Tiquillaca in Peru


Earthquake location -16.1347S, -70.3264WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.3264° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -16.1347° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 203.746 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 37 km SSW of Tiquillaca, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-03 05:12:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-28 08:17:26 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 284 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.658 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.34 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 150 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000npff Id of event.
Event Code 6000npff An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000npff, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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