A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Torata in Peru. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/05/16 / 2016-05-15 00:19:03 / May 15, 2016 @ 12:19 am. The temblor was reported at 19:19:03 / 7:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 131.9 km, -70.9124° West, -16.6157° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005iwu. Id of event: us10005iwu. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 131.9 km (82 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hacienda Huancane, Arequipa, Moquegua (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Arequipa (c. 841 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Moquegua (c. 54 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Hacienda Huancane (c. 7 800 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Torata (c. 7 100 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 three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 51 km N of Torata, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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