A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Moche in Peru on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/05/19 / 2019-05-25 12:56:28 / May 25, 2019 @ 12:56 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 57.41 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -79.4854 West, latitude -8.4644 South, depth = 57.41 km. Id of earthquake: us60003s39. Event ids that are associated: us60003s39. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:56:28 / 7:56 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ascope, Paiján, Virú (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from Trujillo (c. 747 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Chocope (c. 32 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Laredo (c. 24 700 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Moche (c. 22 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Santiago de Cao (c. 22 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Paiján (c. 21 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Virú (c. 20 800 pop). Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 61 km WSW of Moche, Peru.
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