A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Chivay in Peru. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:52:30 / 12:52 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.71 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.6715 West, latitude -15.6439 South, depth = 10.71 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10006v3x. Unique identifier: us10006v3x. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 09/09/16 / 2016-09-09 05:52:30 / September 9, 2016 @ 5:52 am UTC/GMT.
Close 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 Hacienda Huancane, Arequipa, Orcopampa. Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Arequipa (c. 841 100 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Hacienda Huancane (c. 7 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Lluta (c. 6 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Yura (c. 5 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Orcopampa (c. 5 600 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 three and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 7 km W of Chivay, Peru.
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