A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Tingo Maria in Peru on Tuesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/09/19 / 2019-09-03 10:10:14 / September 3, 2019 @ 10:10 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -76.2029 West, latitude -8.8838 South, depth = 120.77 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005ben. Id of event: us70005ben. The temblor was detected at 05:10:14 / 5:10 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 120.77 km (75 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tocache, Uchiza, Tingo María (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 51 km (32 miles) from Tingo María (c. 53 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Tocache (c. 29 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Uchiza (c. 17 700 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 49 km NNW of Tingo Maria, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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