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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag strikes near Santa Eulalia in Peru

Posted by admin on September 27, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location -11.3478S, -76.7084WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Santa Eulalia in Peru. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44.89 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -76.7084° West, -11.3478° South, depth 44.89 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000h3i7. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000h3i7. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/09/18 / 2018-09-27 22:00:21 / September 27, 2018 @ 10:00 pm. The temblor was reported at 17:00:21 / 5:00 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yanahuanca, Surco, San Isidro (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Lima (c. 7 737 000 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Callao (c. 813 300 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Surco (c. 251 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Chosica (c. 88 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Cerro de Pasco (c. 78 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from San Isidro (c. 68 300 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Huaral (c. 62 200 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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: 55 km N of Santa Eulalia, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -76.7084° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -11.3478° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 44.89 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 55km N of Santa Eulalia, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-09-27 22:00:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-09-27 22:28:14 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 5 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 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 356 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 0.649 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 100 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 us1000h3i7 Id of event.
Event Code 1000h3i7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000h3i7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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