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Light mag. 4.3 earthquake - Pasco, 144 km east of Tingo Maria, Huanuco, Peru, on Friday, Mar 17, 2023 at 3:46 am (GMT -5) -

Light magnitude 4.3 earthquake at 126 km depth

17 Mar 09:00 UTC: First to report: RaspberryShake after 14 minutes.
17 Mar 12:24: Now using data updates from USGS

Earthquake details

Date & time	Mar 17, 2023 08:46:25 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Friday, Mar 17, 2023 at 3:46 am (GMT -5)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.3
Depth	125.7 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	9.7024°S / 74.7478°W (Provincia de Oxapampa, Pasco, Peru)
Antipode	9.702°N / 105.252°E
Shaking intensity	Very weak shaking
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	28 km (18 mi) E of Monterrico (Huanuco) (pop: 340) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 31 km (19 mi) NE of Puerto Amistad (pop: 210) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 34 km (21 mi) ENE of Ciudad Constitucion (pop: 183) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 121 km (75 mi) NE of Oxapampa (pop: 12,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 129 km (80 mi) NNE of Villa Rica (Oxapampa) (pop: 7,450) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 136 km (85 mi) N of Santa Rosa (Junin) (pop: 18,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 144 km (90 mi) ESE of Tingo Maria (Huanuco) (pop: 53,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 360 km (224 mi) NE of Lima (Lima Province) (pop: 7,737,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	1.8 x 10¹¹ joules (49.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 42.5 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.3	126 km	26 Km ESE of Yuyapichis, Peru	USGS
4.3	126 km	CENTRAL PERU	EMSC
4.3	126 km	Central Peru	RaspberryShake

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