A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Santo Tomas in Peru. Unique identifier: us70006s1l. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006s1l. Exact location of event, depth 133.31 km, -71.9027° West, -14.9121° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 133.31 km (83 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 19:11:11 / 7:11 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/12/19 / 2019-12-29 00:11:11 / December 29, 2019 @ 12:11 am.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Orcopampa. Earthquake epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Orcopampa (c. 5 600 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 55 km SSE of Santo Tomas, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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