A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Taquile in Peru. The epicenter was at a depth of 258.901 km (161 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -69.6068° West, latitude -15.8457° South, depth = 258.901 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:59:12 / 9:59 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pxus. Id of event: us6000pxus. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/03/25 / 2025-03-09 21:59:12 / March 9, 2025 @ 9:59 pm.
Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Juliaca (c. 245 700 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Puno (c. 116 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Yunguyo (c. 16 100 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Ilave (c. 16 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Atuncolla (c. 12 700 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Putina (c. 8 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Juli (c. 7 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Pedro, Yunguyo, Juliaca. Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 four and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 11 km SE of Taquile, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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