A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Rioja in Peru. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:33:26 / 3:33 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.3 km (26 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 26/09/17 / 2017-09-26 08:33:26 / September 26, 2017 @ 8:33 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 42.3 km, -77.3187° West, -5.8706° South. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000auvr. Unique identifier: us2000auvr.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tabalosos, Chachapoyas, Jepelacio (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 42 km (26 miles) from Moyobamba (c. 44 300 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Rioja (c. 25 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Chachapoyas (c. 20 300 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Tabalosos (c. 14 700 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Soritor (c. 10 900 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Jepelacio (c. 7 200 pop).
Every 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 one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 26 km NW of Rioja, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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