A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Barranca in Peru on Saturday. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/06/19 / 2019-06-15 07:07:52 / June 15, 2019 @ 7:07 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -76.8341° West, -4.0694° South, depth 108.51 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000448m. Unique identifier: us6000448m. The epicenter was at a depth of 108.51 km (67 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:07:52 / 2:07 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Barranca (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 87 km (54 miles) from Barranca (c. 5 800 pop). Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 85 km N of Barranca, Peru.
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