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Moderate earthquake 5 mag, 10 km SSW of Punta de Bombon, Peru


Earthquake location -17.2517S, -71.8401WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (mg/mb) was reported Sunday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Punta de Bombon in Peru. The temblor was reported at 10:08:28 / 10:08 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 58.99 km (37 miles). Global time of event 01/03/15 / 2015-03-01 15:08:28 / March 1, 2015 @ 3:08 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -71.8401 West, latitude -17.2517 South, depth 58.99 km, unique identifier, usc000tu6s.

Close countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). The epicenter was 100 km (62 miles) from Arequipa (c. 841 100 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Moquegua (c. 54 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Ilo (c. 53 500 pop), 31 km (20 miles) from Mollendo (c. 29 000 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Cocachacra (c. 8 800 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arequipa, Moquegua, Ilo.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.8401° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -17.2517° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 58.99 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10km SSW of Punta de Bombon, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-03-01 15:08:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-03-01 16:33:13 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 6 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 387 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.809 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.87 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 134 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID usc000tu6s Id of event.
Event Code c000tu6s An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,usc000tu6s, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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