A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Pimentel in Peru. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:48:43 / 6:48 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.21 km (25 miles). Exact location, longitude -80.2824° West, latitude -7.0742° South, depth = 40.21 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/12/19 / 2019-12-31 11:48:43 / December 31, 2019 @ 11:48 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000709k. Unique identifier: us7000709k. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chepén, San Pedro de Lloc, Jayanca. Epicenter of the earthquake was 59 km (37 miles) from Chiclayo (c. 577 400 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Lambayeque (c. 43 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Picsi (c. 43 600 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Chepén (c. 42 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Zaña (c. 39 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Ferreñafe (c. 34 400 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Pacasmayo (c. 29 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 46 km SW of Pimentel, Peru.
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