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Moderate earthquake 5.2 mag, 101 km NNE of Oxapampa, Peru


Earthquake location -9.8113S, -74.8888WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 101 kilometers (63 miles) from Oxapampa in Peru. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/10/16 / 2016-10-05 16:06:15 / October 5, 2016 @ 4:06 pm. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:06:15 / 11:06 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 112.59 km (70 miles). Event id: us10006w2j. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006w2j. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 112.59 km, -74.8888° West, -9.8113° South.

Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Oxapampa (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 102 km (63 miles) from Oxapampa (c. 12 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 101 km NNE of Oxapampa, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -74.8888° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -9.8113° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 112.59 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 101km NNE of Oxapampa, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-10-05 16:06:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-10-05 16:23:06 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 416 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 2.891 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.03 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 78 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 us10006w2j Id of event.
Event Code 10006w2j An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10006w2j, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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