A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Ccolo in Peru. Global time and date of event 14/02/19 / 2019-02-14 04:02:49 / February 14, 2019 @ 4:02 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 143.39 km (89 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.6682 West, latitude -15.2639 South, depth = 143.39 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 23:02:49 / 11:02 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000jhqs. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jhqs.
Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Lluta (c. 6 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Orcopampa (c. 5 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lluta, Orcopampa.
Every 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 32 km NW of Ccolo, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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