A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Desaguadero in Peru. 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: 07/09/15 / 2015-09-07 05:16:09 / September 7, 2015 @ 5:16 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 200.19 km (124 miles). The temblor was reported at 01:16:09 / 1:16 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us20003h1u. Unique identifier: us20003h1u. Exact location of event, depth 200.19 km, -69.1135° West, -16.8255° South.
Country/countries that might be effected, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop), Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). The epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Yunguyo (c. 16 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Juli (c. 7 300 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Desaguadero (c. 5 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from San Pedro (c. 5 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Juli, San Pedro, Yunguyo (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 29 km SSW of Desaguadero, Peru.
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