A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Tarata in Peru. Id of earthquake: us20006600. Event ids that are associated: us20006600. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:32:19 / 7:32 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 165.38 km (103 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.5484 West, latitude -17.6595 South, depth = 165.38 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/06/16 / 2016-06-16 23:32:19 / June 16, 2016 @ 11:32 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 84 km (52 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tacna (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 55 km ESE of Tarata, Peru.
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