A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Santiago in Peru on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -76.2976 West, latitude -14.5296 South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/08/16 / 2016-08-08 19:03:23 / August 8, 2016 @ 7:03 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us10006c4a. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006c4a. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 14:03:23 / 2:03 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Ica (c. 246 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Pisco (c. 61 900 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from San Clemente (c. 15 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Villa Tupac Amaru (c. 11 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Santiago (c. 10 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Subtanjalla (c. 9 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Los Aquijes (c. 7 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Clemente, Villa Tupac Amaru, Pisco.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 73 km WSW of Santiago, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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