A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Jaen in Peru on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 43.73 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 05:45:24 / 5:45 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/08/16 / 2016-08-09 10:45:24 / August 9, 2016 @ 10:45 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006cah. Id of event: us10006cah. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -78.7365 West, latitude -5.8635 South, depth = 43.73 km.
Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bambamarca, San Ignacio, Chota. Epicenter of the event was 20 km (12 miles) from Jaén (c. 52 500 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from La Peca (c. 27 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Bagua Grande (c. 20 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Chota (c. 14 200 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Bambamarca (c. 13 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from San Ignacio (c. 7 900 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Cajaruro (c. 7 300 pop).
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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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