A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Puerto Santa in Peru. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 51.21 km (32 miles). Exact location, longitude -79.2798° West, latitude -8.9225° South, depth = 51.21 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000e1cp. Unique identifier: us1000e1cp. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/05/18 / 2018-05-02 18:44:42 / May 2, 2018 @ 6:44 pm. The temblor was detected at 13:44:42 / 1:44 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Event epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Trujillo (c. 747 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Chimbote (c. 317 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Moche (c. 22 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Virú (c. 20 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Coishco (c. 15 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Puerto Santa (c. 14 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Trujillo, Moche, Salaverry (min 5000 pop).
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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. 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: 70 km W of Puerto Santa, Peru.
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