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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Huarancante in Peru

Posted by admin on May 4, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location -15.8706S, -71.6291WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Huarancante in Peru. Global time and date of event 04/05/16 / 2016-05-04 22:39:33 / May 4, 2016 @ 10:39 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 142.45 km (89 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 17:39:33 / 5:39 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10005dxp. Unique identifier: us10005dxp. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.6291 West, latitude -15.8706 South, depth = 142.45 km.

Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hacienda Huancane, Arequipa, Lluta (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Arequipa (c. 841 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Hacienda Huancane (c. 7 800 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Lluta (c. 6 000 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Yura (c. 5 700 pop).

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 thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 21 km WSW of Huarancante, Peru.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.6291° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -15.8706° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 142.45 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21km WSW of Huarancante, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-05-04 22:39:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-05-04 23:22:02 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 2.774 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 126 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 us10005dxp Id of event.
Event Code 10005dxp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10005dxp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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