A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Tocache Nuevo in Peru on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -76.196 West, latitude -8.2177 South, depth = 115.18 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/12/17 / 2017-12-01 21:49:07 / December 1, 2017 @ 9:49 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 115.18 km (72 miles). The temblor was picked up at 16:49:07 / 4:49 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000bk4h. Unique identifier: us1000bk4h.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Uchiza, Tocache. Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). The epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from Tocache (c. 29 000 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Uchiza (c. 17 700 pop).
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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 35 km E of Tocache Nuevo, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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