A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Tingo Maria in Peru. The temblor was picked up at 08:01:58 / 8:01 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005c8j. Id of event: us20005c8j. The epicenter was at a depth of 129.98 km (81 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -75.6673° West, -8.7746° South, depth 129.98 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/03/16 / 2016-03-21 13:01:58 / March 21, 2016 @ 1:01 pm.
Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (43 miles) from Tingo María (c. 53 200 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Uchiza (c. 17 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Uchiza, Tingo María (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 68 km NNE of Tingo Maria, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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