A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Ambo in Peru on Monday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/07/15 / 2015-07-28 03:51:37 / July 28, 2015 @ 3:51 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us200030q3. Unique identifier: us200030q3. The temblor was reported at 22:51:37 / 10:51 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -75.5939 West, latitude -9.9616 South, depth = 115.41 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 115.41 km (72 miles).
Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Villa Rica, Tingo María, Oxapampa. The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Huánuco (c. 148 000 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Tingo María (c. 53 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Oxapampa (c. 12 000 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Villa Rica (c. 7 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Ambo (c. 6 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 69 km ENE of Ambo, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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