A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Santiago in Peru on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 45.89 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10007dw5. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007dw5. Global time and date of event 28/11/16 / 2016-11-28 02:41:50 / November 28, 2016 @ 2:41 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -75.5206° West, -14.4077° South, depth 45.89 km. The temblor was picked up at 21:41:50 / 9:41 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 44 km (27 miles) from Ica (c. 246 800 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Nazca (c. 23 600 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Santiago (c. 10 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Subtanjalla (c. 9 100 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Los Aquijes (c. 7 800 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from San Juan Bautista (c. 6 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nazca, Subtanjalla, San Juan Bautista.
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 three 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.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 31 km SE of Santiago, Peru.
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