A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Palca in Peru on Saturday. The epicenter was at a depth of 131.531 km (82 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -69.8135 West, latitude -18.1185 South, depth = 131.531 km. Unique identifier: us7000papd. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000papd. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:27:23 / 8:27 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/02/25 / 2025-02-01 20:27:23 / February 1, 2025 @ 8:27 pm.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arica, Tacna. Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop), Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 48 km (30 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Arica (c. 186 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty-six 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 41 km SSE of Palca, Peru.
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