A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Orcopampa in Peru. The epicenter was at a depth of 116.34 km (72 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/05/19 / 2019-05-30 18:55:18 / May 30, 2019 @ 6:55 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -72.0533 West, latitude -15.0717 South, depth = 116.34 km. Unique identifier: us70003tc3. Ids that are associated to the event: us70003tc3. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:55:18 / 1:55 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Orcopampa (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 38 km (23 miles) from Orcopampa (c. 5 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 37 km NE of Orcopampa, Peru.
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