A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Ilabaya in Peru. Exact location of event, depth 118.27 km, -70.7066° West, -17.3408° South. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:46:56 / 10:46 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us70005cbs. Unique identifier: us70005cbs. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/08/19 / 2019-08-30 03:46:56 / August 30, 2019 @ 3:46 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 118.27 km (73 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tacna, Ilo, Pacocha. Event epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Moquegua (c. 54 500 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Ilo (c. 53 500 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Ilabaya (c. 9 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Pacocha (c. 7 600 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Torata (c. 7 100 pop). Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 22 km WNW of Ilabaya, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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