Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Puquio in Peru

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Puquio in Peru. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/12/17 / 2017-12-24 19:33:20 / December 24, 2017 @ 7:33 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -74.3591° West, -14.1765° South, depth 81.05 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 81.05 km (50 miles). The temblor was detected at 14:33:20 / 2:33 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000bvqz. Event ids that are associated: us1000bvqz.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palpa, Nazca, Tambo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 96 km (60 miles) from Nazca (c. 23 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Puquio (c. 10 500 pop), 97 km (61 miles) from Palpa (c. 5 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Tambo (c. 5 000 pop).

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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 62 km NNW of Puquio, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-74.3591° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-14.1765° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	81.05 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	62km NNW of Puquio, Peru	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-12-24 19:33:20	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-12-24 19:51:03	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	385	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	3.253	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.37 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	138	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	us1000bvqz	Id of event.
Event Code	1000bvqz	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000bvqz,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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