A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Palpa in Peru on Friday. Exact location, longitude -75.3501° West, latitude -14.6657° South, depth = 63.17 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:32:19 / 4:32 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 15/06/18 / 2018-06-15 21:32:19 / June 15, 2018 @ 9:32 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000exdp. Event ids that are associated: us1000exdp. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 63.17 km (39 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Subtanjalla, San Juan Bautista, Ica. Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (48 miles) from Ica (c. 246 800 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Nazca (c. 23 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Minas de Marcona (c. 15 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Santiago (c. 10 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Subtanjalla (c. 9 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Los Aquijes (c. 7 800 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 22 km SW of Palpa, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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