A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Desaguadero in Peru on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 10/06/20 / 2020-06-10 11:13:42 / June 10, 2020 @ 11:13 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000adhm. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000adhm. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:13:42 / 11:13 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 204.19 km (127 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -69.5449 West, latitude -16.7273 South, depth = 204.19 km.
Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Yunguyo (c. 16 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Ilave (c. 16 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Juli (c. 7 300 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Desaguadero (c. 5 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from San Pedro (c. 5 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop), Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Pedro, Ilave, Yunguyo (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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