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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Abancay in Peru


Earthquake location -13.5161S, -72.6254WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Abancay in Peru on Friday. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000esz1. Unique identifier: us1000esz1. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 21:51:51 / 9:51 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/06/18 / 2018-06-16 02:51:51 / June 16, 2018 @ 2:51 am. Exact location of earthquake, -72.6254° West, -13.5161° South, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 km (44 miles) from Cusco (c. 312 100 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Abancay (c. 55 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 25 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Andahuaylas (c. 17 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Calca (c. 9 200 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Urubamba (c. 7 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Talavera (c. 7 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Talavera, Andahuaylas, San Jerónimo.

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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 30 km ENE of Abancay, Peru.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -72.6254° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -13.5161° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 30km ENE of Abancay, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-06-16 02:51:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-16 04:06:16 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 326 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 4.385 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 110 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 us1000esz1 Id of event.
Event Code 1000esz1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000esz1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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