A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Chimbote in Peru. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/06/20 / 2020-06-07 05:27:22 / June 7, 2020 @ 5:27 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 56.99 km (35 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000a7ea. Unique identifier: us6000a7ea. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:27:22 / 5:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -78.5906° West, latitude -9.6336° South, depth = 56.99 km.
The epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Chimbote (c. 317 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Huarmey (c. 16 200 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Coishco (c. 15 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Puerto Santa (c. 14 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Puerto Santa, Huarmey, Coishco (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 60 km S of Chimbote, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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