A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Orcopampa in Peru on Sunday. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/06/15 / 2015-06-07 08:15:29 / June 7, 2015 @ 8:15 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 118.6 km (74 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002qq1. Id of event: us20002qq1. The temblor was detected at 03:15:29 / 3:15 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -72.2716 West, latitude -15.2328 South, depth = 118.6 km.
Event epicenter was 8 km (5 miles) from Orcopampa (c. 5 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Orcopampa (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 8 km ENE of Orcopampa, Peru.
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