A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Minas de Marcona in Peru. The temblor was picked up at 21:25:33 / 9:25 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 48.534 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000p0mw. Unique identifier: us7000p0mw. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -75.0184 West, latitude -15.2297 South, depth = 48.534 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/12/24 / 2024-12-21 21:25:33 / December 21, 2024 @ 9:25 pm.
Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 45 km (28 miles) from Nazca (c. 23 600 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Minas de Marcona (c. 15 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Palpa (c. 5 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palpa, Nazca, Minas de Marcona (min 5000 pop).
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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 10 km E of Minas de Marcona, Peru.
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