A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Tarata in Peru. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/12/17 / 2017-12-26 15:26:12 / December 26, 2017 @ 3:26 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bwdl. Id of event: us1000bwdl. The temblor was picked up at 10:26:12 / 10:26 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.507 West, latitude -17.5003 South, depth = 158.32 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 158.32 km (98 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tacna. The epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 55 km E of Tarata, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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