A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Santiago in Peru. The temblor was picked up at 07:08:50 / 7:08 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us20007g3c. Event ids that are associated: us20007g3c. The epicenter was at a depth of 48.49 km (30 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -75.627 West, latitude -14.3023 South, depth = 48.49 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/10/16 / 2016-10-22 12:08:50 / October 22, 2016 @ 12:08 pm.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 28 km (18 miles) from Ica (c. 246 800 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Pisco (c. 61 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from San Clemente (c. 15 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Villa Tupac Amaru (c. 11 200 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Santiago (c. 10 400 pop), 35 km (21 miles) from Subtanjalla (c. 9 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pisco, San Clemente, Villa Tupac Amaru (min 5000 pop). Close 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 three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
Questions or comments?
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: 15 km SE of Santiago, Peru.
Copyright © 2016 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply