A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Chichas in Peru on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, -73.052° West, -15.4936° South, depth 91.4 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 08:55:01 / 8:55 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000ny9j. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ny9j. Global time and date of event 12/10/24 / 2024-10-12 08:55:01 / October 12, 2024 @ 8:55 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 91.4 km (57 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Orcopampa (c. 5 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Orcopampa (min 5000 pop).
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. 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 15 km WNW of Chichas, Peru.
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