Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Oxapampa in Peru

A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Oxapampa in Peru. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us10004dh0. Unique identifier: us10004dh0. Exact location, longitude -75.3519° West, latitude -10.4888° South, depth = 46.92 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 46.92 km (29 miles). The temblor was picked up at 19:55:42 / 7:55 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 02/01/16 / 2016-01-02 00:55:42 / January 2, 2016 @ 12:55 am UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from San Ramón (c. 14 700 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Oxapampa (c. 12 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Carhuamayo (c. 9 100 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Villa Rica (c. 7 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Perené (c. 6 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Huasahuasi (c. 5 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Huasahuasi, Carhuamayo, San Ramón (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 13,000 light 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 11 km NNE of Oxapampa, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-75.3519° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-10.4888° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	46.92 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	11km NNE of Oxapampa, Peru	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-01-02 00:55:42	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-01-30 23:40:15	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-300	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		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	284	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	2.087	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.77 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	93	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	us10004dh0	Id of event.
Event Code	10004dh0	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10004dh0,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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