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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Santiago de Cao in Peru


Earthquake location -8.3315S, -79.8727WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Santiago de Cao in Peru. Exact location of event, depth 48.89 km, -79.8727° West, -8.3315° South. The temblor was reported at 22:39:58 / 10:39 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 48.89 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007f5s. Id of event: us10007f5s. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/11/16 / 2016-11-28 03:39:58 / November 28, 2016 @ 3:39 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 94 km (58 miles) from Chocope (c. 32 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Santiago de Cao (c. 22 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Paiján (c. 21 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chocope, Paiján, Santiago de Cao (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 81 km WSW of Santiago de Cao, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -79.8727° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.3315° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 48.89 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 81km WSW of Santiago de Cao, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-11-28 03:39:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-12-09 02:53:11 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 298 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 1.886 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.88 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 161 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 us10007f5s Id of event.
Event Code 10007f5s An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10007f5s, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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