A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Camana in Peru. Exact location of earthquake, -73.2153° West, -16.3086° South, depth 51.61 km. Global time and date of event 20/06/18 / 2018-06-20 23:37:30 / June 20, 2018 @ 11:37 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us1000ewyh. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000ewyh. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:37:30 / 6:37 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 51.61 km (32 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Camaná (c. 16 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Camaná. Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 64 km WNW of Camana, Peru.
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