A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Barranca in Peru on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 37.08 km, -77.426° West, -4.4671° South. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/02/20 / 2020-02-08 09:57:05 / February 8, 2020 @ 9:57 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 04:57:05 / 4:57 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 37.08 km (23 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us70007q5q. Ids that are associated to the event: us70007q5q.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Barranca. Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Barranca (c. 5 800 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seven 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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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: 90 km WNW of Barranca, Peru.
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