A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Candarave in Peru on Thursday. Global time and date of event 22/08/19 / 2019-08-22 10:59:05 / August 22, 2019 @ 10:59 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -70.1781 West, latitude -17.1883 South, depth = 125.05 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us70005713. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005713. The epicenter was at a depth of 125.05 km (78 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:59:05 / 5:59 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tacna, Moquegua, Torata (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Moquegua (c. 54 500 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Ilabaya (c. 9 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Torata (c. 7 100 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 two and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each 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. 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: 11 km NE of Candarave, Peru.
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