A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Santiago in Peru. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/11/15 / 2015-11-06 03:13:51 / November 6, 2015 @ 3:13 am UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:13:51 / 10:13 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -75.8553° West, latitude -14.717° South, depth = 50.92 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10003v3q. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003v3q. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 50.92 km (32 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Juan Bautista, Subtanjalla, Palpa (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 73 km (46 miles) from Ica (c. 246 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Santiago (c. 10 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Subtanjalla (c. 9 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Los Aquijes (c. 7 800 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from San Juan Bautista (c. 6 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Palpa (c. 5 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 60 km SSW of Santiago, Peru.
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