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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 12 km SW of Orcopampa, Peru


Earthquake location -15.3295S, -72.44WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Orcopampa in Peru. The temblor was detected at 22:41:27 / 10:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 107.78 km, -72.44° West, -15.3295° South. Unique identifier: us1000jd3h. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000jd3h. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 107.78 km (67 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/03/19 / 2019-03-10 03:41:27 / March 10, 2019 @ 3:41 am UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Lluta (c. 6 000 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Orcopampa (c. 5 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lluta, Orcopampa.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 12 km SW of Orcopampa, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -72.44° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -15.3295° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 107.78 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12km SW of Orcopampa, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-03-10 03:41:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-03-10 04:06:17 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 312 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 3.621 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 127 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 us1000jd3h Id of event.
Event Code 1000jd3h An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000jd3h, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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