A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Paracas in Peru. The temblor was detected at 22:51:21 / 10:51 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003g77. Id of event: us20003g77. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/09/15 / 2015-09-04 03:51:21 / September 4, 2015 @ 3:51 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -76.6866° West, latitude -14.3092° South, depth = 23.07 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 23.07 km (14 miles).
Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Pisco (c. 61 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from San Clemente (c. 15 800 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Villa Tupac Amaru (c. 11 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Clemente, Villa Tupac Amaru, Pisco (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 four and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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