A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Locumba in Peru. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/10/24 / 2024-10-24 19:23:14 / October 24, 2024 @ 7:23 pm. The temblor was picked up at 19:23:14 / 7:23 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 116.55 km (72 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 116.55 km, -70.808° West, -17.4608° South. Event id: us7000nmzd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nmzd.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tacna, Ilo, Pacocha (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Moquegua (c. 54 500 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Ilo (c. 53 500 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Ilabaya (c. 9 500 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Pacocha (c. 7 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Torata (c. 7 100 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 17 km NNW of Locumba, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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