A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Tarata in Peru. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 147.802 km (92 miles). Unique identifier: us6000pkte. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pkte. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 17/01/25 / 2025-01-17 20:39:42 / January 17, 2025 @ 8:39 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -69.8572° West, latitude -17.4243° South, depth = 147.802 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:39:42 / 8:39 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tacna, Ilabaya (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Ilabaya (c. 9 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 three and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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