A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes near the coast of central Peru kilometers (0 miles) from central Peru on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002xpj. Id of event: us20002xpj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/07/15 / 2015-07-15 16:31:47 / July 15, 2015 @ 4:31 pm. Exact location, longitude -76.0079° West, latitude -14.7211° South, depth = 10 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:31:47 / 4:31 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palpa, San Juan Bautista, Subtanjalla (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Ica (c. 246 800 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Santiago (c. 10 400 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Subtanjalla (c. 9 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Los Aquijes (c. 7 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from San Juan Bautista (c. 6 900 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Palpa (c. 5 900 pop). Close 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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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