A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Orcopampa in Peru. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/09/15 / 2015-09-10 17:10:26 / September 10, 2015 @ 5:10 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 101.2 km (63 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -72.5923° West, latitude -15.5801° South, depth = 101.2 km. 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: us20003hu2. Unique identifier: us20003hu2. The temblor was reported at 12:10:26 / 12:10 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lluta, Orcopampa (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Lluta (c. 6 000 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Orcopampa (c. 5 600 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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: 43 km SW of Orcopampa, Peru.
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