A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Acari in Peru. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.4 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/01/18 / 2018-01-19 17:44:28 / January 19, 2018 @ 5:44 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -74.7646° West, latitude -15.9576° South, depth = 35.4 km. Unique identifier: us2000clb7. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000clb7. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:44:28 / 12:44 pm (local time epicenter).
Close 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 Minas de Marcona. Epicenter of the event was 91 km (56 miles) from Minas de Marcona (c. 15 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eleven 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.
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