A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Acari in Peru. The temblor was detected at 22:28:17 / 10:28 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us60003sxc. Event ids that are associated: us60003sxc. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/05/19 / 2019-05-28 03:28:17 / May 28, 2019 @ 3:28 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 22.98 km (14 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -74.9928 West, latitude -15.7281 South, depth = 22.98 km.
Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Minas de Marcona (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Minas de Marcona (c. 15 500 pop).
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 three and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 52 km SW of Acari, Peru.
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