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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Vice in Peru

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Vice in Peru. The epicenter was at a depth of 49.71 km (31 miles). Unique identifier: us2000a7f8. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000a7f8. Exact location of earthquake, -80.8771° West, -5.3025° South, depth 49.71 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:17:56 / 3:17 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/08/17 / 2017-08-11 20:17:56 / August 11, 2017 @ 8:17 pm.

Event epicenter was 30 km (18 miles) from Piura (c. 325 500 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Sullana (c. 160 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Talara (c. 99 100 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Chulucanas (c. 68 800 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Catacaos (c. 57 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Paita (c. 56 200 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from La Unión (c. 34 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Talara, Chulucanas, Tambo Grande (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. 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: 16 km NW of Vice, Peru.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-80.8771° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-5.3025° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	49.71 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	16km NW of Vice, Peru	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-08-11 20:17:56	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-08-11 21:07:21	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	340	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	1.305	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.64 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	145	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	us2000a7f8	Id of event.
Event Code	2000a7f8	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000a7f8,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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