A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Morrope in Peru on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -80.4079 West, latitude -6.3141 South, depth = 37.56 km. Id of earthquake: us1000h9sy. Event ids that are associated: us1000h9sy. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 37.56 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/10/18 / 2018-10-10 03:48:56 / October 10, 2018 @ 3:48 am. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:48:56 / 10:48 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Chiclayo (c. 577 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Lambayeque (c. 43 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Picsi (c. 43 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Ferreñafe (c. 34 400 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Monsefú (c. 25 700 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Sechura (c. 23 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Pimentel (c. 15 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sechura, Reque, Eten. Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine 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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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: 50 km WNW of Morrope, Peru.
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