A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Acari in Peru on Tuesday. The temblor was reported at 10:02:26 / 10:02 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 40.23 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/01/18 / 2018-01-16 15:02:26 / January 16, 2018 @ 3:02 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -74.6203 West, latitude -15.7635 South, depth = 40.23 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000cjyg. Unique identifier: us2000cjyg.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Minas de Marcona (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 81 km (50 miles) from Minas de Marcona (c. 15 500 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 36 km S of Acari, Peru.
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