A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Pimentel in Peru. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/02/19 / 2019-02-09 03:20:25 / February 9, 2019 @ 3:20 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 72.73 km (45 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:20:25 / 10:20 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000jfkr. Unique identifier: us2000jfkr. Exact location of earthquake, -80.422° West, -6.9893° South, depth 72.73 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jayanca, Zaña, Túcume (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from Chiclayo (c. 577 400 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Lambayeque (c. 43 700 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Picsi (c. 43 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Zaña (c. 39 200 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Ferreñafe (c. 34 400 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Monsefú (c. 25 700 pop). 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 five 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 56 km WSW of Pimentel, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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