A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Chuquitira in Peru. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 167.21 km (104 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700047t1. Id of event: us700047t1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -69.2821° West, latitude -17.3357° South, depth = 167.21 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/06/19 / 2019-06-30 23:18:11 / June 30, 2019 @ 11:18 pm. The temblor was picked up at 19:18:11 / 7:18 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 89 km (56 miles) from Desaguadero (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Desaguadero. Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 81 km E of Chuquitira, Peru.
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