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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag has occurred near Pisco in Peru

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A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Pisco in Peru. Unique identifier: us700034iq. Ids that are associated to the event: us700034iq. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/04/19 / 2019-04-11 15:50:31 / April 11, 2019 @ 3:50 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 62.37 km (39 miles). The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:50:31 / 10:50 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -76.1824° West, -13.6976° South, depth 62.37 km.

Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Ica (c. 246 800 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Chincha Alta (c. 153 100 pop), 3 km (2 miles) from Pisco (c. 61 900 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Imperial (c. 32 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Nuevo Imperial (c. 32 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from San Vicente de Cañete (c. 25 500 pop), 5 km (3 miles) from San Clemente (c. 15 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quilmaná, Santiago, Imperial.

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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: 3 km E of Pisco, Peru.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-76.1824° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-13.6976° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	62.37 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	3km E of Pisco, Peru	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-04-11 15:50:31	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-04-11 16:14:38	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-300	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.4	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	385	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	1.817	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.96 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	134	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	us700034iq	Id of event.
Event Code	700034iq	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us700034iq,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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