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Strong earthquake, 6.9 mag has occurred near Iberia in Peru

Posted by admin on November 24, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location -10.6S, -71WA earthquake with magnitude 6.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 175 km WNW of Iberia, Peru (109 miles). The temblor was detected at 17:45:37 / 5:45 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 592 km, -71° West, -10.6° South. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt15328051, at00nycck1. Id of event: at00nycck1. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 592 km (368 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has been issued near Iberia in Peru (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/11/15 / 2015-11-24 22:45:37 / November 24, 2015 @ 10:45 pm.

There are an estimated 135 earthquakes 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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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: 175 km WNW of Iberia, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -10.6° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 592 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 175km WNW of Iberia, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-11-24 22:45:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-24 22:57:11 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 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 1 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 733 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network at The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pt,at, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 102 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.19029062 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 115.2 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Mi The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID at00nycck1 Id of event.
Event Code 00nycck1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt15328051,at00nycck1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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