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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Saposoa in Peru

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Saposoa in Peru on Thursday. Id of earthquake: us10004c41. Event ids that are associated: us10004c41. Exact location of earthquake, -76.8565° West, -6.7995° South, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/01/16 / 2016-01-07 14:55:43 / January 7, 2016 @ 2:55 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:55:43 / 9:55 am (local time epicenter). 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 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Event epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Moyobamba (c. 44 300 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Juanjuí (c. 37 700 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Rioja (c. 25 100 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Bellavista (c. 15 200 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Saposoa (c. 14 900 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Tabalosos (c. 14 700 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Lamas (c. 13 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rioja, Moyobamba, Chazuta (min 5000 pop).

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. 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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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 17 km NNW of Saposoa, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-76.8565° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-6.7995° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	17km NNW of Saposoa, Peru	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-01-07 14:55:43	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-01-07 17:05:08	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-300	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	0	The total number of felt reports
CDI	1	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	312	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	4.221	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.81 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	159	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	us10004c41	Id of event.
Event Code	10004c41	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10004c41,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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