A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Tocache Nuevo in Peru. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -76.1939 West, latitude -8.1976 South, depth = 123.3 km. The temblor was detected at 15:19:15 / 3:19 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 123.3 km (77 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/08/16 / 2016-08-27 20:19:15 / August 27, 2016 @ 8:19 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006umk. Id of event: us20006umk.
Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 36 km (22 miles) from Tocache (c. 29 000 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Uchiza (c. 17 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Uchiza, Tocache.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 35 km E of Tocache Nuevo, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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