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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Viru in Peru

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Viru in Peru on Wednesday. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:49:57 / 11:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/07/16 / 2016-07-20 16:49:57 / July 20, 2016 @ 4:49 pm UTC/GMT. 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 96.65 km (60 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006g7z. Id of event: us20006g7z. Exact location of earthquake, -78.5636° West, -8.3567° South, depth 96.65 km.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cajabamba, Chocope, Ascope (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Trujillo (c. 747 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Chimbote (c. 317 000 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Chocope (c. 32 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Laredo (c. 24 700 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Moche (c. 22 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Santiago de Cao (c. 22 000 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Huamachuco (c. 21 800 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 21 km ENE of Viru, Peru.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-78.5636° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-8.3567° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	96.65 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	21km ENE of Viru, Peru	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-07-20 16:49:57	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-07-20 23:08:25	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-300	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	6	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.2	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	372	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	3.986	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.31 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	123	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	us20006g7z	Id of event.
Event Code	20006g7z	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20006g7z,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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