A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Desaguadero in Peru. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003gcj. Id of event: us20003gcj. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 192.74 km (120 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.4384 West, latitude -16.7006 South, depth = 192.74 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/08/15 / 2015-08-19 00:04:19 / August 19, 2015 @ 12:04 am UTC/GMT. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:04:19 / 7:04 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Pedro, Ilave, Yunguyo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop), Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Yunguyo (c. 16 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Ilave (c. 16 000 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Juli (c. 7 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Desaguadero (c. 5 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from San Pedro (c. 5 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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