A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Palca in Peru. The temblor was picked up at 02:30:27 / 2:30 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -69.4762 West, latitude -17.5487 South, depth = 164.87 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: 22/11/24 / 2024-11-22 02:30:27 / November 22, 2024 @ 2:30 am. Id of earthquake: us6000p6x2. Event ids that are associated: us6000p6x2. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 164.87 km (102 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close 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 Tacna. Epicenter of the earthquake was 97 km (60 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. 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: 57 km ENE of Palca, Peru.
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