A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Tacna in Peru. All ids that are associated to the event: us10004vnu. Unique identifier: us10004vnu. Exact location, longitude -70.1967° West, latitude -17.9791° South, depth = 101.13 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/03/16 / 2016-03-06 16:23:08 / March 6, 2016 @ 4:23 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 101.13 km (63 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:23:08 / 11:23 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop), Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 7 km (4 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Arica (c. 186 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Ilabaya (c. 9 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ilabaya, Arica, Tacna.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. 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: 6 km ENE of Tacna, Peru.
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