A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Acari in Peru. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/01/18 / 2018-01-28 06:03:48 / January 28, 2018 @ 6:03 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -74.9038 West, latitude -16.037 South, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000cqkb. Id of event: us2000cqkb. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:03:48 / 1:03 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Minas de Marcona (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 94 km (59 miles) from Minas de Marcona (c. 15 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirteen 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 73 km SSW of Acari, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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