Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 16 km NNW of Querecotillo, Peru

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Querecotillo in Peru on Friday. Global time and date of event 26/02/16 / 2016-02-26 13:09:56 / February 26, 2016 @ 1:09 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 08:09:56 / 8:09 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -80.7157° West, latitude -4.7083° South, depth = 47.46 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47.46 km (29 miles). Unique identifier: us10004swm. Ids that are associated to the event: us10004swm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 55 km (34 miles) from Piura (c. 325 500 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Sullana (c. 160 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Talara (c. 99 100 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Chulucanas (c. 68 800 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Catacaos (c. 57 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Paita (c. 56 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from La Unión (c. 34 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sechura, Macará, Bernal (min 5000 pop).

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 three 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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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-80.7157° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-4.7083° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	47.46 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	16km NNW of Querecotillo, Peru	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-02-26 13:09:56	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-03-11 08:34:17	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	8.184	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.91 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	64	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	us10004swm	Id of event.
Event Code	10004swm	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10004swm,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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