A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Acari in Peru on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude -75.0643 West, latitude -15.79 South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 18:09:27 / 6:09 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10005gy5. Event ids that are associated: us10005gy5. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/05/16 / 2016-05-12 23:09:27 / May 12, 2016 @ 11:09 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Minas de Marcona (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Minas de Marcona (c. 15 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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