A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Santo Tomas in Peru on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/03/19 / 2019-03-12 18:06:30 / March 12, 2019 @ 6:06 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -72.3701 West, latitude -14.5569 South, depth = 85.16 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000je8b. Id of event: us1000je8b. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:06:30 / 1:06 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 85.16 km (53 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Orcopampa (c. 5 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Orcopampa.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 33 km WSW of Santo Tomas, Peru.
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