A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Santiago de Cao in Peru. Global time and date of event 27/10/17 / 2017-10-27 03:48:29 / October 27, 2017 @ 3:48 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 44.57 km (28 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000axe7. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000axe7. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:48:29 / 10:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -79.8617 West, latitude -8.4533 South, depth = 44.57 km.
Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Moche, Trujillo, Santiago de Cao (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 99 km (61 miles) from Trujillo (c. 747 500 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Moche (c. 22 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Santiago de Cao (c. 22 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 have been detected in the same area.
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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: 87 km SW of Santiago de Cao, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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