A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Chuquitira in Peru. The temblor was reported at 21:36:11 / 9:36 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nqi5. Id of event: us7000nqi5. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/11/24 / 2024-11-07 21:36:11 / November 7, 2024 @ 9:36 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.8918 West, latitude -17.3468 South, depth = 160.42 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 160.42 km (100 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tacna, Ilabaya (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 84 km (52 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Ilabaya (c. 9 500 pop). Nearby 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 three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-three 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 17 km ESE of Chuquitira, Peru.
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