A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Santo Tomas in Peru. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/01/17 / 2017-01-30 11:46:47 / January 30, 2017 @ 11:46 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 77.56 km (48 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us10007w5x. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007w5x. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -72.8441 West, latitude -14.492 South, depth = 77.56 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:46:47 / 6:46 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Abancay (c. 55 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Abancay (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 82 km W of Santo Tomas, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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