A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Ilave in Peru on Saturday. Exact location, longitude -69.9352° West, latitude -16.6013° South, depth = 202.23 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us60007fkv. Unique identifier: us60007fkv. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/01/20 / 2020-01-25 09:16:29 / January 25, 2020 @ 9:16 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 202.23 km (126 miles). The temblor was picked up at 04:16:29 / 4:16 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puno, Juli, Ilave (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Puno (c. 116 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Ilave (c. 16 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Juli (c. 7 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 64 km SSW of Ilave, Peru.
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