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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Santiago in Peru


Earthquake location -14.1898S, -75.6741WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Santiago in Peru. The temblor was picked up at 03:49:05 / 3:49 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/02/19 / 2019-02-10 08:49:05 / February 10, 2019 @ 8:49 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -75.6741 West, latitude -14.1898 South, depth = 63.83 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 63.83 km (40 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000jfwe. Unique identifier: us2000jfwe.

Epicenter of the event was 15 km (9 miles) from Ica (c. 246 800 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Pisco (c. 61 900 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from San Clemente (c. 15 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Villa Tupac Amaru (c. 11 200 pop), 4 km (3 miles) from Santiago (c. 10 400 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Subtanjalla (c. 9 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pisco, San Clemente, Villa Tupac Amaru (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 two and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. 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: 4 km E of Santiago, Peru.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -75.6741° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -14.1898° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 63.83 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4km E of Santiago, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-02-10 08:49:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-02-10 09:16:18 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 2.467 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.59 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 148 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 us2000jfwe Id of event.
Event Code 2000jfwe An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000jfwe, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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