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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Lagunas in Peru

Posted by admin on September 13, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location -5.7199S, -75.2718WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Lagunas in Peru. The temblor was detected at 08:33:48 / 8:33 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -75.2718° West, latitude -5.7199° South, depth = 127.25 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 127.25 km (79 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us70005cs1. Event ids that are associated: us70005cs1. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/09/19 / 2019-09-06 13:33:48 / September 6, 2019 @ 1:33 pm UTC/GMT.

The epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) from Yurimaguas (c. 41 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Lagunas (c. 9 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yurimaguas, Lagunas (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 70 km SE of Lagunas, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -75.2718° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.7199° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 127.25 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 70km SE of Lagunas, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-09-06 13:33:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-09-13 07:22:45 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 3.238 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 115 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 us70005cs1 Id of event.
Event Code 70005cs1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70005cs1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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