A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Palca in Peru. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000q050. Unique identifier: us7000q050. Exact location, longitude -69.9229° West, latitude -18.0225° South, depth = 116.579 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/05/25 / 2025-05-19 11:17:08 / May 19, 2025 @ 11:17 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 116.579 km (72 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:17:08 / 11:17 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ilabaya, Arica, Tacna. Epicenter of the earthquake was 35 km (22 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Arica (c. 186 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Ilabaya (c. 9 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop), Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 27 km S of Palca, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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