Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Piura in Peru

A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Piura in Peru. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 86.62 km (54 miles). Event id: us10006syb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006syb. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:54:11 / 11:54 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/08/16 / 2016-08-29 16:54:11 / August 29, 2016 @ 4:54 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -80.5041 West, latitude -5.2112 South, depth = 86.62 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 14 km (9 miles) from Piura (c. 325 500 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Sullana (c. 160 800 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Chulucanas (c. 68 800 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Catacaos (c. 57 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Paita (c. 56 200 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from La Unión (c. 34 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pueblo Nuevo, Paita, Las Lomas (min 5000 pop).

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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 14 km E of Piura, Peru.

Catacaos Chulucanas La Unión Las Lomas Paita Peru Piura Pueblo Nuevo Sullana

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-80.5041° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-5.2112° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	86.62 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	14km E of Piura, Peru	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-08-29 16:54:11	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-09-26 20:43:49	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	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	2.863	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.56 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	203	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	us10006syb	Id of event.
Event Code	10006syb	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10006syb,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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