A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Tingo Maria in Peru. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:17:06 / 3:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -75.4454° West, latitude -9.2831° South, depth = 124.16 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 124.16 km (77 miles). Global time and date of event 31/03/17 / 2017-03-31 08:17:06 / March 31, 2017 @ 8:17 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us10008dgp. Event ids that are associated: us10008dgp. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tingo María (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Tingo María (c. 53 200 pop).
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 two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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