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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 20 km W of Desaguadero, Peru


Earthquake location -16.5311S, -69.2323WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Desaguadero in Peru. Global time and date of event 08/06/18 / 2018-06-08 06:51:36 / June 8, 2018 @ 6:51 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 216 km (134 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.2323 West, latitude -16.5311 South, depth = 216 km. The temblor was reported at 01:51:36 / 1:51 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000el01. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000el01.

Country/countries that might be effected, Bolivia (c. 9 947 000 pop), Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Achacachi, Ilave, San Pedro (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Yunguyo (c. 16 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Ilave (c. 16 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Achacachi (c. 8 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Juli (c. 7 300 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Desaguadero (c. 5 300 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from San Pedro (c. 5 000 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 one and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 20 km W of Desaguadero, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.2323° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -16.5311° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 216 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20km W of Desaguadero, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-06-08 06:51:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-08 07:21:27 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 284 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 1.078 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 91 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 us1000el01 Id of event.
Event Code 1000el01 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000el01, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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