A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Pucara in Peru. Exact location of event, longitude -71.6847 West, latitude -15.8825 South, depth = 29.83 km. Event id: us10004s34. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004s34. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/02/16 / 2016-02-20 00:40:09 / February 20, 2016 @ 12:40 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.83 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:40:09 / 7:40 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hacienda Huancane, Arequipa, Yura (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Arequipa (c. 841 100 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Hacienda Huancane (c. 7 800 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Lluta (c. 6 000 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Yura (c. 5 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 26 km WNW of Pucara, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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