A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 116 km SW of Puerto Santa, Peru (72 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/12/15 / 2015-12-21 02:11:52 / December 21, 2015 @ 2:11 am. Unique identifier: us100048il. Ids that are associated to the event: us100048il. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:11:52 / 9:11 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 38.87 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -79.5134° West, latitude -9.5946° South, depth = 38.87 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 116 km SW of Puerto Santa, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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