A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Lampa in Peru. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000jj1k. Unique identifier: us1000jj1k. The temblor was detected at 00:41:43 / 12:41 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/03/19 / 2019-03-20 05:41:43 / March 20, 2019 @ 5:41 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 191.64 km, -70.6249° West, -15.4111° South. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 191.64 km (119 miles).
Event epicenter was 54 km (33 miles) from Juliaca (c. 245 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Puno (c. 116 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Ayaviri (c. 19 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Azángaro (c. 13 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Atuncolla (c. 12 700 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Hacienda Huancane (c. 7 800 pop). Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Puno, Azángaro, Atuncolla.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 28 km WSW of Lampa, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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