A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Camana in Peru. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -73.4716 West, latitude -16.9281 South, depth = 19.9 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008q5q. Id of event: us10008q5q. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/05/17 / 2017-05-06 19:52:14 / May 6, 2017 @ 7:52 pm UTC/GMT. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:52:14 / 2:52 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 19.9 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 88 km (55 miles) from Camaná (c. 16 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Camaná. Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 87 km WSW of Camana, Peru.
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