A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Santiago de Cao in Peru. Exact location of event, depth 48.89 km, -79.8727° West, -8.3315° South. The temblor was reported at 22:39:58 / 10:39 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 48.89 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007f5s. Id of event: us10007f5s. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/11/16 / 2016-11-28 03:39:58 / November 28, 2016 @ 3:39 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 94 km (58 miles) from Chocope (c. 32 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Santiago de Cao (c. 22 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Paiján (c. 21 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chocope, Paiján, Santiago de Cao (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 81 km WSW of Santiago de Cao, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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