A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from San Juan in Peru. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -75.4796° West, -15.7418° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 02:57:22 / 2:57 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/12/24 / 2024-12-31 02:57:22 / December 31, 2024 @ 2:57 am. Event id: us6000pgl3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pgl3.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Minas de Marcona (c. 15 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Minas de Marcona (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 53 km SW of San Juan, Peru.
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