A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Oxapampa in Peru. The temblor was picked up at 13:21:48 / 1:21 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/10/24 / 2024-10-03 13:21:48 / October 3, 2024 @ 1:21 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -75.3783° West, latitude -10.3271° South, depth = 37.462 km. Event id: us7000nmnq. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nmnq. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 37.462 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (55 miles) from San Ramón (c. 14 700 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Oxapampa (c. 12 000 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Villa Rica (c. 7 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Ambo (c. 6 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Perené (c. 6 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ambo, San Ramón, Perené (min 5000 pop).
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 occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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