A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Oxapampa in Peru. Exact location of earthquake, -75.3733° West, -9.9661° South, depth 53.24 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us200041w7. Ids that are associated to the event: us200041w7. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/11/15 / 2015-11-04 10:48:15 / November 4, 2015 @ 10:48 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 53.24 km (33 miles). The temblor was picked up at 05:48:15 / 5:48 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Huánuco, Ambo, Villa Rica (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 95 km (59 miles) from Huánuco (c. 148 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Oxapampa (c. 12 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Villa Rica (c. 7 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Ambo (c. 6 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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