A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Orcopampa in Peru. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:45:21 / 7:45 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 81.38 km (51 miles). Exact location, longitude -72.3707° West, latitude -15.0549° South, depth = 81.38 km. Id of earthquake: us10008gua. Event ids that are associated: us10008gua. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/04/17 / 2017-04-12 00:45:21 / April 12, 2017 @ 12:45 am.
Event epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Orcopampa (c. 5 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Orcopampa (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 23 km N of Orcopampa, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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