A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Puerto Santa in Peru. Exact location of earthquake, -79.0435° West, -8.9107° South, depth 58 km. The temblor was reported at 15:24:08 / 3:24 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000j481. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j481. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/01/19 / 2019-01-15 20:24:08 / January 15, 2019 @ 8:24 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 58 km (36 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Trujillo (c. 747 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Chimbote (c. 317 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Laredo (c. 24 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Moche (c. 22 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Virú (c. 20 800 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Coishco (c. 15 100 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Puerto Santa (c. 14 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Laredo, Trujillo, Moche (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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 44 km WNW of Puerto Santa, Peru.
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