A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from La Capilla in Peru. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 136.001 km (85 miles). Exact location, longitude -71.3198° West, latitude -16.7879° South, depth = 136.001 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000nxlj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nxlj. Global time and date of event 10/12/24 / 2024-12-10 14:19:22 / December 10, 2024 @ 2:19 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 14:19:22 / 2:19 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Arequipa (c. 841 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Moquegua (c. 54 500 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Ilo (c. 53 500 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Mollendo (c. 29 000 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Cocachacra (c. 8 800 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Pacocha (c. 7 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Torata (c. 7 100 pop). Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ilo, Pacocha, Mollendo (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 15 km WSW of La Capilla, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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