A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 76 kilometers (47 miles) from San Juan in Peru on Friday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:02:51 / 1:02 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/01/25 / 2025-01-03 01:02:51 / January 3, 2025 @ 1:02 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000pk6c. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pk6c. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -75.8487 West, latitude -15.1737 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Minas de Marcona (c. 15 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Minas de Marcona.
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 three and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 76 km WNW of San Juan, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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