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Moderate earthquake, 5.6 mag strikes near Barranca in Peru

Posted by admin on January 18, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location -3.2967S, -76.7252WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) strikes 169 km N of Barranca, Peru (105 miles) on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -76.7252 West, latitude -3.2967 South, depth = 99.02 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 99.02 km (62 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 16:26:59 / 4:26 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/01/19 / 2019-01-18 21:26:59 / January 18, 2019 @ 9:26 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us2000j63c. Event ids that are associated: us2000j63c.

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 169 km N of Barranca, Peru.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -76.7252° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -3.2967° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 99.02 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 169km N of Barranca, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-01-18 21:26:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-18 21:46:01 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 4.05 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 482 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 2.66 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.42 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 mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000j63c Id of event.
Event Code 2000j63c An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000j63c, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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