A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Orcopampa in Peru. The temblor was detected at 10:13:47 / 10:13 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007svn. Id of event: us10007svn. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 14.25 km, -72.5033° West, -15.4436° South. Global time and date of event 12/01/17 / 2017-01-12 15:13:47 / January 12, 2017 @ 3:13 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 14.25 km (9 miles).
Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lluta, Orcopampa. Earthquake epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Lluta (c. 6 000 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Orcopampa (c. 5 600 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 26 km SW of Orcopampa, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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