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Moderate earthquake: M5.1 quake has struck near Andahuaylas in Peru

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A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Andahuaylas in Peru on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000asb8. Id of event: us1000asb8. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/10/17 / 2017-10-14 20:53:58 / October 14, 2017 @ 8:53 pm. Exact location of event, depth 59.2 km, -73.4305° West, -14.3238° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 15:53:58 / 3:53 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 59.2 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Abancay, Coracora, Puquio (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Abancay (c. 55 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Andahuaylas (c. 17 400 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Puquio (c. 10 500 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Coracora (c. 7 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Talavera (c. 7 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from San Jerónimo (c. 5 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Tambo (c. 5 000 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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 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: 74 km S of Andahuaylas, Peru.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-73.4305° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-14.3238° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	59.2 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	74km S of Andahuaylas, Peru	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-10-14 20:53:58	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-10-14 21:12:44	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	400	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	4.997	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.92 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	125	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	us1000asb8	Id of event.
Event Code	1000asb8	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000asb8,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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