A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Ayacucho in Peru. Exact location, longitude -74.7256° West, latitude -13.2942° South, depth = 78.16 km. The temblor was detected at 17:35:41 / 5:35 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100069xr. Id of event: us100069xr. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/08/16 / 2016-08-03 22:35:41 / August 3, 2016 @ 10:35 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 78.16 km (49 miles).
Event epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Ayacucho (c. 140 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Huancavelica (c. 41 600 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Huanta (c. 18 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from San Miguel (c. 8 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Miguel, Huanta, Huancavelica (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 56 km WSW of Ayacucho, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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