A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 96 kilometers (60 miles) from Barranca in Peru. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/09/16 / 2016-09-30 22:35:48 / September 30, 2016 @ 10:35 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 17:35:48 / 5:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -76.9413° West, -3.999° South, depth 105.61 km. Unique identifier: us10006u80. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006u80. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 105.61 km (66 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Barranca (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 97 km (60 miles) from Barranca (c. 5 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 96 km NNW of Barranca, Peru.
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