Moderate magnitude 4.3 earthquake 15 km southwest of Puente Chaparra, Peru - VolcanoDiscovery

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Mon, 22 Mar 2021, 22:18

22:18 PM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

4.3 quake 22 Mar 4:58 pm (GMT -5)

Just 13 minutes ago, a 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck near Puente Chaparra, Provincia de Caravelí, Arequipa, Peru. The tremor was recorded in the afternoon on Monday 22 March 2021 at 4:58 pm local time, at a moderately shallow depth of 68 km below the surface.
The event was filed by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the first seismological agency to report it.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Puente Chaparra (pop. 19) located 15 km from the epicenter.
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Date & time: 22 Mar 2021 4:58 pm (GMT -5) local time (22 Mar 2021 21:58 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.3
Depth: 68.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 16.02°S / 74.21°W (South Pacific Ocean, Peru)
Primary data source: EMSC

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