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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag strikes near Santiago de Cao in Peru

Posted by admin on May 22, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location -8.9112S, -80.2901WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 156 km SW of Santiago de Cao, Peru (97 miles) on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 5.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:12:20 / 5:12 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 22/05/18 / 2018-05-22 22:12:20 / May 22, 2018 @ 10:12 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -80.2901° West, -8.9112° South, depth 10 km. Event id: us1000ea8z. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ea8z. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. 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 two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 156 km SW of Santiago de Cao, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -80.2901° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.9112° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 156km SW of Santiago de Cao, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-05-22 22:12:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-22 22:29:58 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 416 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 4.565 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.03 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 129 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000ea8z Id of event.
Event Code 1000ea8z An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000ea8z, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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