A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Pativilca in Peru. The temblor was reported at 15:53:12 / 3:53 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 91.607 km (57 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -77.7796° West, latitude -10.645° South, depth = 91.607 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/10/24 / 2024-10-15 15:53:12 / October 15, 2024 @ 3:53 pm. Unique identifier: us7000npw2. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000npw2.
Epicenter of the event was 55 km (34 miles) from Huacho (c. 54 500 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from Barranca (c. 46 300 pop), 6 km (4 miles) from Paramonga (c. 27 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Hualmay (c. 26 700 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Huaura (c. 20 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Huarmey (c. 16 200 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Supe (c. 13 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sayán, Huarmey, Huacho.
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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 6 km N of Pativilca, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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