A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Acari in Peru. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/12/16 / 2016-12-15 00:03:33 / December 15, 2016 @ 12:03 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us200080v2. Unique identifier: us200080v2. The temblor was detected at 19:03:33 / 7:03 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 55.28 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -74.4072 West, latitude -15.6321 South, depth = 55.28 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Minas de Marcona (c. 15 500 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Coracora (c. 7 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coracora, Minas de Marcona (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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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 Acari, Peru.
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