A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Tingo Maria in Peru. Exact location of earthquake, -75.5737° West, -9.1334° South, depth 42.89 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/07/15 / 2015-07-09 18:08:39 / July 9, 2015 @ 6:08 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 42.89 km (27 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us20002wct. Unique identifier: us20002wct. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:08:39 / 1:08 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Tingo María (c. 53 200 pop). Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tingo María (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 50 km ENE of Tingo Maria, Peru.
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