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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Oxapampa in Peru


Earthquake location -10.2555S, -75.3994WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Oxapampa in Peru. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -75.3994 West, latitude -10.2555 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:45:28 / 6:45 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 13/12/18 / 2018-12-13 23:45:28 / December 13, 2018 @ 11:45 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000iv23. Id of event: us2000iv23. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Event epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from Oxapampa (c. 12 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Villa Rica (c. 7 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Ambo (c. 6 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Perené (c. 6 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ambo, Perené, Villa Rica (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 35 km N of Oxapampa, Peru.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -75.3994° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -10.2555° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35km N of Oxapampa, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-12-13 23:45:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-29 06:06:02 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 2.228 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.4 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 107 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 us2000iv23 Id of event.
Event Code 2000iv23 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000iv23, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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