A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Coracora in Peru. Event id: us1000ave0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ave0. The epicenter was at a depth of 89.56 km (56 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 22/10/17 / 2017-10-22 01:37:09 / October 22, 2017 @ 1:37 am UTC/GMT. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:37:09 / 8:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -73.9056 West, latitude -15.1781 South, depth = 89.56 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (36 miles) from Puquio (c. 10 500 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Coracora (c. 7 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Tambo (c. 5 000 pop). Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puquio, Tambo, Coracora.
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 20 km SW of Coracora, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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