A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Camana in Peru on Saturday. Unique identifier: us20002yb9. Ids that are associated to the event: us20002yb9. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 97.31 km (60 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -72.9675 West, latitude -16.0244 South, depth = 97.31 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/07/15 / 2015-07-18 05:07:21 / July 18, 2015 @ 5:07 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 00:07:21 / 12:07 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Camaná (c. 16 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Camaná (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 71 km NNW of Camana, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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