A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Contamana in Peru. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000c21k. Unique identifier: us2000c21k. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:19:33 / 9:19 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 135.03 km (84 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -74.9858° West, -7.3643° South, depth 135.03 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/12/17 / 2017-12-08 14:19:33 / December 8, 2017 @ 2:19 pm.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Contamana. Epicenter of the event was 5 km (3 miles) from Contamana (c. 13 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 seven 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 4 km SE of Contamana, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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