A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Coracora in Peru on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/09/18 / 2018-09-23 00:55:12 / September 23, 2018 @ 12:55 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 113.26 km (70 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -73.2825 West, latitude -15.3917 South, depth = 113.26 km. The temblor was picked up at 19:55:12 / 7:55 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h3tf. Id of event: us1000h3tf.
Epicenter of the event was 67 km (42 miles) from Coracora (c. 7 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Coracora (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 66 km SE of Coracora, Peru.
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