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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Orcopampa in Peru


Earthquake location -14.9759S, -72.5262WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Orcopampa in Peru on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 70.98 km (44 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -72.5262° West, -14.9759° South, depth 70.98 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/03/19 / 2019-03-12 12:51:07 / March 12, 2019 @ 12:51 pm. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:51:07 / 7:51 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000je3g. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000je3g. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Orcopampa. The epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Orcopampa (c. 5 600 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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 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: 37 km NNW of Orcopampa, Peru.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -72.5262° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -14.9759° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 70.98 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 37km NNW 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 2019-03-12 12:51:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-03-12 13:32:46 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 3.912 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.92 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 125 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 us1000je3g Id of event.
Event Code 1000je3g An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000je3g, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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