A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Santiago in Peru. All ids that are associated to the event: us20003h8p. Unique identifier: us20003h8p. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 33.4 km (21 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/08/15 / 2015-08-23 03:18:37 / August 23, 2015 @ 3:18 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 22:18:37 / 10:18 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -76.1809 West, latitude -14.7301 South, depth = 33.4 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Juan Bautista, Subtanjalla, Ica. Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Ica (c. 246 800 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Santiago (c. 10 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Subtanjalla (c. 9 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Los Aquijes (c. 7 800 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from San Juan Bautista (c. 6 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 78 km SW of Santiago, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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