A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 95 kilometers (59 miles) from Sechura in Peru. The temblor was reported at 13:08:59 / 1:08 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000agh9. Event ids that are associated: us6000agh9. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/06/20 / 2020-06-22 13:08:59 / June 22, 2020 @ 1:08 pm. Exact location, longitude -81.4937° West, latitude -6.0998° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sechura (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Event epicenter was 96 km (59 miles) from Sechura (c. 23 000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 95 km SW of Sechura, Peru.
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