A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Talavera in Peru on Thursday. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:56:27 / 11:56 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 67.14 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/07/17 / 2017-07-20 16:56:27 / July 20, 2017 @ 4:56 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us20009yi8. Ids that are associated to the event: us20009yi8. Exact location of event, longitude -73.6799 West, latitude -14.1429 South, depth = 67.14 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puquio, Tambo, San Jerónimo (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Andahuaylas (c. 17 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Puquio (c. 10 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Talavera (c. 7 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from San Jerónimo (c. 5 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Tambo (c. 5 000 pop). Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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