A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Tambo in Peru on Thursday. All ids that are associated to the event: us10004u9f. Unique identifier: us10004u9f. Global time and date of event 03/03/16 / 2016-03-03 06:31:51 / March 3, 2016 @ 6:31 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 65.09 km (40 miles). The temblor was detected at 01:31:51 / 1:31 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -73.7273 West, latitude -14.671 South, depth = 65.09 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puquio, Coracora, Tambo (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Puquio (c. 10 500 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Coracora (c. 7 400 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Tambo (c. 5 000 pop).
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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 24 km NE of Tambo, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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