A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Satipo in Peru. Global time and date of event 16/01/16 / 2016-01-16 10:28:10 / January 16, 2016 @ 10:28 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us10004f1s. Unique identifier: us10004f1s. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 134.92 km (84 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -74.2218° West, -10.6072° South, depth 134.92 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:28:10 / 5:28 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mazamari, Satipo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from Satipo (c. 15 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Mazamari (c. 6 800 pop). Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 84 km NNE of Satipo, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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