A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) was reported 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Barranca in Peru on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -76.3096 West, latitude -4.8843 South, depth = 111.75 km. Event id: us10007p7n. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007p7n. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 111.75 km (69 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/01/17 / 2017-01-02 13:13:49 / January 2, 2017 @ 1:13 pm. The temblor was detected at 08:13:49 / 8:13 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 115 km (71 miles) from Yurimaguas (c. 41 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Lagunas (c. 9 200 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Barranca (c. 5 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yurimaguas, Lagunas, Barranca.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 43 km E of Barranca, Peru.
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