A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Ayacucho in Peru on Friday. Exact location of event, depth 76.15 km, -74.5356° West, -13.6655° South. The temblor was picked up at 02:53:29 / 2:53 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/08/16 / 2016-08-26 07:53:29 / August 26, 2016 @ 7:53 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 76.15 km (47 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us20006u5e. Unique identifier: us20006u5e.
Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Huanta, Ayacucho (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Ayacucho (c. 140 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Huanta (c. 18 600 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 65 km SSW of Ayacucho, Peru.
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