A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Tocache Nuevo in Peru on Sunday. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/05/19 / 2019-05-12 15:19:25 / May 12, 2019 @ 3:19 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 121.11 km (75 miles). The temblor was reported at 10:19:25 / 10:19 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003njt. Id of event: us70003njt. Exact location, longitude -76.0263° West, latitude -8.0047° South, depth = 121.11 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Uchiza, Tocache (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Tocache (c. 29 000 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Uchiza (c. 17 700 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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