A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Camana in Peru on Monday. Global time and date of event 29/08/16 / 2016-08-29 10:36:48 / August 29, 2016 @ 10:36 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 05:36:48 / 5:36 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 80.41 km (50 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us20006v0t. Unique identifier: us20006v0t. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 80.41 km, -72.4435° West, -16.3404° South.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mollendo, Yura, Lluta (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Mollendo (c. 29 000 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Camaná (c. 16 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Lluta (c. 6 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Yura (c. 5 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 42 km NE of Camana, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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