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Light mag. 4.0 earthquake - 21 km northwest of Moquegua, Peru, on Sunday, Mar 19, 2023 at 3:14 am (GMT -5) -

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Light mag. 4.0 earthquake - 21 km northwest of Moquegua, Peru, on Sunday, Mar 19, 2023 at 3:14 am (GMT -5)

Light magnitude 4.0 earthquake at 115 km depth

19 Mar 08:24 UTC: First to report: RaspberryShake after 9 minutes.

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Earthquake details

Date & time	Mar 19, 2023 08:14:41 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Sunday, Mar 19, 2023 at 3:14 am (GMT -5)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4
Depth	115.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	17.08°S / 71.09°W (Provincia de Mariscal Nieto, Departamento de Moquegua, Peru)
Antipode	17.08°N / 108.91°E
Shaking intensity	Very weak shaking
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	RaspberryShake (RaspberryShake)
Nearest volcano	Huaynaputina (58 km / 36 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	20 km (12 mi) NW of Montalvo (Moquegua) (pop: 40) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 21 km (13 mi) NW of Moquegua (pop: 54,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 23 km (14 mi) NW of San Antonio (Moquegua) (pop: 15,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 26 km (16 mi) W of Torata (Mariscal Nieto, Moquegua) (pop: 7,050) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 67 km (42 mi) NNE of Ilo (Moquegua) (pop: 53,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 72 km (45 mi) WNW of Ilabaya (Jorge Basadre, Tacna) (pop: 9,490) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 79 km (49 mi) SE of Horacio Zeballos Gamez (Arequipa) (pop: 8,370) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 850 km (528 mi) SE of Lima (Lima Province) (pop: 7,737,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Overcast Clouds 14.4°C (58 F), humidity: 89%, wind: 1 m/s (2 kts) from SSW
Estimated seismic energy released	6.3 x 10¹⁰ joules (17.5 megawatt hours, equivalent to 15.1 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.0	115 km	Near Coast of Peru	RaspberryShake
4.0	115 km	NEAR COAST OF SOUTHERN PERU	EMSC

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Seismic station: Chusmiza, Chile (GO01/C network) | Distance from quake: 351 km / 218 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Chusmiza, Chile: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.2-10.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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