A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Chuquitira in Peru. The temblor was detected at 14:01:28 / 2:01 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 182.39 km (113 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -69.5906° West, latitude -16.9601° South, depth = 182.39 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000bji4. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000bji4. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/11/17 / 2017-11-30 19:01:28 / November 30, 2017 @ 7:01 pm.
Earthquake epicenter was 96 km (59 miles) from Yunguyo (c. 16 100 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Ilave (c. 16 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Juli (c. 7 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Desaguadero (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ilave, Yunguyo, Juli (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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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: 60 km NE of Chuquitira, Peru.
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