Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near San Ramon in Peru

A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 28 kilometers (17 miles) from San Ramon in Peru on Thursday. Event id: us100086qw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100086qw. Exact location of earthquake, -75.4793° West, -10.8949° South, depth 23.56 km. The temblor was reported at 03:40:16 / 3:40 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/02/17 / 2017-02-23 08:40:16 / February 23, 2017 @ 8:40 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 23.56 km (15 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Cerro de Pasco (c. 78 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Tarma (c. 51 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from La Oroya (c. 33 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Junín (c. 15 300 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from San Ramón (c. 14 700 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Oxapampa (c. 12 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cerro de Pasco, Tinyahuarco, La Oroya (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 28 km NNW of San Ramon, Peru.

Cerro de Pasco Junín La Oroya Oxapampa Peru San Ramon Tarma Tinyahuarco

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-75.4793° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-10.8949° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	23.56 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	28km NNW of San Ramon, Peru	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-02-23 08:40:16	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-03-09 09:35:46	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	271	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	1.721	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.38 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	73	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	us100086qw	Id of event.
Event Code	100086qw	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us100086qw,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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