A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Santo Tomas in Peru. 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: us60006rvh. Unique identifier: us60006rvh. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/12/19 / 2019-12-15 19:23:37 / December 15, 2019 @ 7:23 pm. The temblor was picked up at 14:23:37 / 2:23 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -71.9903 West, latitude -14.2764 South, depth = 83.42 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 83.42 km (52 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Anta, Cusco, Sicuani. Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Cusco (c. 312 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Sicuani (c. 33 600 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Anta (c. 5 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Urcos (c. 5 500 pop). Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 one and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 21 km NNE of Santo Tomas, Peru.
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