A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Santa Rosa in Peru. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -74.6018 West, latitude -10.9103 South, depth = 38.25 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:50:53 / 2:50 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 38.25 km (24 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/09/20 / 2020-09-27 02:50:53 / September 27, 2020 @ 2:50 am. Unique identifier: us6000c1te. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000c1te.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Oxapampa, San Ramón, Villa Rica (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 38 km (24 miles) from Satipo (c. 15 500 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from San Ramón (c. 14 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Oxapampa (c. 12 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Villa Rica (c. 7 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Perené (c. 6 800 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Mazamari (c. 6 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 30 km E of Santa Rosa, Peru.
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