A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Huancavelica in Peru. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005zrz. Id of event: us20005zrz. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 78.88 km (49 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/06/16 / 2016-06-01 21:31:00 / June 1, 2016 @ 9:31 pm. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:31:00 / 4:31 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 78.88 km, -75.0698° West, -13.5072° South.
Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Ica (c. 246 800 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Ayacucho (c. 140 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Huancavelica (c. 41 600 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Santiago (c. 10 400 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Subtanjalla (c. 9 100 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Los Aquijes (c. 7 800 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from San Juan Bautista (c. 6 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santiago, Ayacucho, Ica (min 5000 pop).
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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 82 km S of Huancavelica, Peru.
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