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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Pimentel in Peru

Posted by admin on October 16, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location -6.9829S, -80.0725WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Pimentel in Peru on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46.67 km (29 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/10/16 / 2016-10-16 13:04:28 / October 16, 2016 @ 1:04 pm. The temblor was reported at 08:04:28 / 8:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -80.0725 West, latitude -6.9829 South, depth = 46.67 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us20007eky. Event ids that are associated: us20007eky.

Event epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Chiclayo (c. 577 400 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Lambayeque (c. 43 700 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Picsi (c. 43 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Chepén (c. 42 000 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Zaña (c. 39 200 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Ferreñafe (c. 34 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Pacasmayo (c. 29 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Motupe, Oyotún, Chongoyape (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 22 km SW of Pimentel, Peru.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -80.0725° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.9829° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 46.67 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22km SW of Pimentel, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-10-16 13:04:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-10-16 13:25:57 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5 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 370 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 3.412 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.93 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 110 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 us20007eky Id of event.
Event Code 20007eky An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20007eky, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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