A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Acari in Peru on Friday. Unique identifier: us10007sst. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007sst. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/12/16 / 2016-12-16 05:55:00 / December 16, 2016 @ 5:55 am. The temblor was detected at 00:55:00 / 12:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -75.1379 West, latitude -15.9762 South, depth = 40.73 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.73 km (25 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Minas de Marcona (c. 15 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Minas de Marcona (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 82 km SW of Acari, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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