A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Morrope in Peru on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -80.7271 West, latitude -6.5872 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 02/10/18 / 2018-10-02 10:40:13 / October 2, 2018 @ 10:40 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h5kk. Id of event: us1000h5kk. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:40:13 / 5:40 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Túcume, Mochumí, Pimentel (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Lambayeque (c. 43 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Pimentel (c. 15 600 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Mochumí (c. 7 500 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Túcume (c. 7 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Mórrope (c. 6 700 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 have been detected in the same area. 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 79 km W of Morrope, Peru.
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