A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported southern Peru kilometers (0 miles) from southern Peru on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude -72.9821 West, latitude -15.2653 South, depth = 100.78 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 100.78 km (63 miles). The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:34:36 / 1:34 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/11/20 / 2020-11-27 01:34:36 / November 27, 2020 @ 1:34 am. Event id: us7000ck7d. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ck7d.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Coracora (c. 7 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Orcopampa (c. 5 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coracora, Orcopampa (min 5000 pop).
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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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