A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Orcopampa in Peru. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/06/18 / 2018-06-03 04:23:57 / June 3, 2018 @ 4:23 am. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:23:57 / 11:23 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ehnq. Id of event: us1000ehnq. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 78.45 km (49 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -73.0273 West, latitude -15.7407 South, depth = 78.45 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Orcopampa (c. 5 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Orcopampa (min 5000 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 one, in the past 30 days two 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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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 90 km SW of Orcopampa, Peru.
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