A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Chipispaya in Peru on Wednesday. The temblor was detected at 08:39:40 / 8:39 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -70.1565° West, latitude -17.4211° South, depth = 177.91 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 177.91 km (111 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 06/02/19 / 2019-02-06 13:39:40 / February 6, 2019 @ 1:39 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us2000je66. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000je66.
Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). The epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Moquegua (c. 54 500 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Ilabaya (c. 9 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Torata (c. 7 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Moquegua, Torata, Tacna (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 10 km NE of Chipispaya, Peru.
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