A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Puerto Ocopa in Peru. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -74.3242 West, latitude -11.2961 South, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/10/24 / 2024-10-22 17:50:03 / October 22, 2024 @ 5:50 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nr6l. Unique identifier: us7000nr6l. The temblor was picked up at 17:50:03 / 5:50 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Satipo (c. 15 500 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Mazamari (c. 6 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Satipo, Mazamari (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 16 km S of Puerto Ocopa, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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