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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Chancay in Peru

Posted by admin on March 18, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location -11.5931S, -77.2162WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Chancay in Peru. Exact location of event, depth 69.18 km, -77.2162° West, -11.5931° South. Global time and date of event 18/03/17 / 2017-03-18 20:20:50 / March 18, 2017 @ 8:20 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 69.18 km (43 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us20008t2p. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20008t2p. The temblor was reported at 15:20:50 / 3:20 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Végueta, Huaura, Caleta de Carquín (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 54 km (34 miles) from Lima (c. 7 737 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Callao (c. 813 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Surco (c. 251 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Chosica (c. 88 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from San Isidro (c. 68 300 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Huaral (c. 62 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 6 km ESE of Chancay, Peru.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -77.2162° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -11.5931° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 69.18 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6km ESE of Chancay, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-03-18 20:20:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-03-18 21:50:38 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 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 272 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 0.536 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 202 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 us20008t2p Id of event.
Event Code 20008t2p An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20008t2p, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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