A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Tarata in Peru. Exact location of earthquake, -69.6598° West, -17.6863° South, depth 158.53 km. Unique identifier: us70005a69. Ids that are associated to the event: us70005a69. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 158.53 km (99 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/08/19 / 2019-08-30 11:25:30 / August 30, 2019 @ 11:25 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 07:25:30 / 7:25 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tacna (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 73 km (45 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 46 km ESE of Tarata, Peru.
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