A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Acari in Peru on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 29.7 km, -74.5741° West, -15.8184° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.7 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:16:56 / 5:16 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10002m6z. Ids that are associated to the event: us10002m6z. Global time and date of event 28/06/15 / 2015-06-28 10:16:56 / June 28, 2015 @ 10:16 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Minas de Marcona (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from Minas de Marcona (c. 15 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 43 km S of Acari, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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