A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Tarata in Peru on Thursday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 138.23 km (86 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000cyp5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000cyp5. Exact location, longitude -69.5893° West, latitude -17.6283° South, depth = 138.23 km. The temblor was picked up at 01:40:04 / 1:40 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/02/18 / 2018-02-08 05:40:04 / February 8, 2018 @ 5:40 am.
Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tacna (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop).
Every 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 two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. 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: 50 km ESE of Tarata, Peru.
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