A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Acari in Peru on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:27:06 / 5:27 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 26/01/18 / 2018-01-26 22:27:06 / January 26, 2018 @ 10:27 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -74.7993° West, -15.8602° South, depth 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000cq4y. Unique identifier: us2000cq4y.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Minas de Marcona (c. 15 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Minas de Marcona.
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 three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 51 km SSW of Acari, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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