A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Tarata in Peru. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000j8x8. Unique identifier: us1000j8x8. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/02/19 / 2019-02-28 20:43:21 / February 28, 2019 @ 8:43 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 151.47 km, -69.7476° West, -17.5653° South. The temblor was reported at 15:43:21 / 3:43 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 151.47 km (94 miles).
Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 73 km (46 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Ilabaya (c. 9 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ilabaya, Tacna (min 5000 pop).
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. 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 was reported nearby.
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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: 31 km ESE of Tarata, Peru.
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