A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Lluta in Peru. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -72.6323° West, latitude -15.8571° South, depth = 87.43 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/04/19 / 2019-04-07 01:15:01 / April 7, 2019 @ 1:15 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 87.43 km (54 miles). Event id: us2000kbl8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000kbl8. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:15:01 / 8:15 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Camaná, Orcopampa, Lluta (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Camaná (c. 16 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Lluta (c. 6 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Orcopampa (c. 5 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 68 km WNW of Lluta, Peru.
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