A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Palca in Peru on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nv60. Id of event: us7000nv60. Exact location of event, longitude -69.6103 West, latitude -18.3012 South, depth = 111.387 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 111.387 km (69 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/11/24 / 2024-11-30 18:34:56 / November 30, 2024 @ 6:34 pm. The temblor was picked up at 18:34:56 / 6:34 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop), Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (47 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Arica (c. 186 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tacna, Arica (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 69 km SSE of Palca, Peru.
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