A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Santo Tomas in Peru on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 101.9 km (63 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/12/18 / 2018-12-18 03:55:39 / December 18, 2018 @ 3:55 am. Exact location of event, depth 101.9 km, -71.8914° West, -14.9368° South. The temblor was picked up at 22:55:39 / 10:55 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000iumf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000iumf.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Orcopampa (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Orcopampa (c. 5 600 pop). Nearby 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eleven 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 58 km SSE of Santo Tomas, Peru.
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