A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Paracas in Peru. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:56:09 / 6:56 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -76.19° West, latitude -14.3313° South, depth = 39.71 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/10/15 / 2015-10-31 23:56:09 / October 31, 2015 @ 11:56 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 39.71 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000414s. Id of event: us2000414s. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 58 km (36 miles) from Ica (c. 246 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Pisco (c. 61 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from San Clemente (c. 15 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Villa Tupac Amaru (c. 11 200 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Santiago (c. 10 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Subtanjalla (c. 9 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Clemente, Pisco, Villa Tupac Amaru.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 52 km S of Paracas, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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