A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Puerto Santa in Peru. Exact location, longitude -79.2851° West, latitude -9.2092° South, depth = 51.49 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/06/20 / 2020-06-15 03:04:16 / June 15, 2020 @ 3:04 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 51.49 km (32 miles). Event id: us6000abzj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000abzj. The temblor was reported at 03:04:16 / 3:04 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Chimbote (c. 317 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Coishco (c. 15 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Puerto Santa (c. 14 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chimbote, Coishco, Puerto Santa (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 74 km WSW of Puerto Santa, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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