A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Orcopampa in Peru on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 122.41 km (76 miles). Unique identifier: us1000is51. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000is51. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:16:26 / 4:16 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -72.5924 West, latitude -14.9755 South, depth = 122.41 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/01/19 / 2019-01-14 21:16:26 / January 14, 2019 @ 9:16 pm.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 42 km (26 miles) from Orcopampa (c. 5 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Orcopampa (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 41 km NW of Orcopampa, Peru.
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