A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Pilpichaca in Peru on Wednesday. Exact location of event, depth 85.033 km, -74.8856° West, -13.2362° South. Unique identifier: us6000pjrn. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pjrn. The temblor was detected at 18:32:01 / 6:32 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 01/01/25 / 2025-01-01 18:32:01 / January 1, 2025 @ 6:32 pm UTC/GMT. 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 85.033 km (53 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pampas, Huanta, Ayacucho (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Ayacucho (c. 140 000 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Huancavelica (c. 41 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Huanta (c. 18 600 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Pampas (c. 5 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).
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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 16 km NE of Pilpichaca, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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