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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 78 km S of Ilo, Peru


Earthquake location -18.3442S, -71.4268WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Ilo in Peru. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -71.4268° West, -18.3442° South, depth 38.55 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 38.55 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004c4l. Id of event: us10004c4l. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/01/16 / 2016-01-06 02:13:30 / January 6, 2016 @ 2:13 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 21:13:30 / 9:13 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Ilo (c. 53 500 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Pacocha (c. 7 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pacocha, Ilo.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 78 km S of Ilo, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.4268° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -18.3442° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 38.55 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 78km S of Ilo, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-01-06 02:13:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-01-21 04:55:55 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 259 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 1.03 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.08 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 179 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 us10004c4l Id of event.
Event Code 10004c4l An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10004c4l, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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