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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Paracas in Peru


Earthquake location -14.43S, -76.29WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Paracas in Peru on Saturday. Event id: us10005fsf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005fsf. The temblor was picked up at 14:14:32 / 2:14 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/05/16 / 2016-05-07 19:14:32 / May 7, 2016 @ 7:14 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 18 km (11 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -76.29° West, -14.43° South, depth 18 km.

Epicenter of the event was 73 km (45 miles) from Ica (c. 246 800 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Pisco (c. 61 900 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from San Clemente (c. 15 800 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Villa Tupac Amaru (c. 11 200 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Santiago (c. 10 400 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Subtanjalla (c. 9 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Clemente, Villa Tupac Amaru, Pisco (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 62 km S of Paracas, Peru.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -76.29° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -14.43° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 18 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 62km S of Paracas, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-05-07 19:14:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-05-07 22:07:19 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 271 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 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.04 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us10005fsf Id of event.
Event Code 10005fsf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10005fsf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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