A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Tacna in Peru on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/07/19 / 2019-07-08 21:05:37 / July 8, 2019 @ 9:05 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us70004f5w. Event ids that are associated: us70004f5w. The temblor was reported at 16:05:37 / 4:05 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 107.53 km (67 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -70.1073° West, -18.1451° South, depth 107.53 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arica, Tacna. Event epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Arica (c. 186 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop), Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 21 km SE of Tacna, Peru.
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