A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Ccolo in Peru. Exact location, longitude -71.5428° West, latitude -15.0883° South, depth = 113.69 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000d7zf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d7zf. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 113.69 km (71 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/02/18 / 2018-02-26 06:26:56 / February 26, 2018 @ 6:26 am. The temblor was reported at 01:26:56 / 1:26 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Sicuani (c. 33 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Orcopampa (c. 5 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sicuani, Orcopampa.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days sixteen 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 46 km N of Ccolo, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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