A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Uchiza in Peru. Global time and date of event 01/07/18 / 2018-07-01 01:20:19 / July 1, 2018 @ 1:20 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 38.43 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000fsq9. Id of event: us2000fsq9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:20:19 / 8:20 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 38.43 km, -75.8681° West, -8.3238° South.
Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (46 miles) from Tocache (c. 29 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Uchiza (c. 17 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tocache, Uchiza (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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 67 km ENE of Uchiza, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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