A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Calca in Peru. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/12/17 / 2017-12-27 12:49:07 / December 27, 2017 @ 12:49 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 30.51 km (19 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:49:07 / 7:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -71.7903° West, -12.5394° South, depth 30.51 km. Id of earthquake: us1000bwp8. Event ids that are associated: us1000bwp8.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Urubamba, Calca (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Calca (c. 9 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Urubamba (c. 7 500 pop).
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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 89 km N of Calca, Peru.
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