Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag was detected near San Clemente in Peru

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from San Clemente in Peru on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 22:23:16 / 10:23 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/12/19 / 2019-12-05 03:23:16 / December 5, 2019 @ 3:23 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.85 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us60006m8p. Event ids that are associated: us60006m8p. Exact location of event, longitude -76.088 West, latitude -13.6799 South, depth = 14.85 km.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Event epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Ica (c. 246 800 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Chincha Alta (c. 153 100 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Pisco (c. 61 900 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Imperial (c. 32 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Nuevo Imperial (c. 32 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from San Vicente de Cañete (c. 25 500 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from San Clemente (c. 15 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quilmaná, Imperial, San Vicente de Cañete.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes 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 six 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 6 km ESE of San Clemente, Peru.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-76.088° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-13.6799° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	14.85 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6km ESE of San Clemente, Peru	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-12-05 03:23:16	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-12-05 03:39:54	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	432	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	1.836	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.77 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	138	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us60006m8p	Id of event.
Event Code	60006m8p	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us60006m8p,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.3 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-76.088° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

-13.6799° South

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

14.85 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

6km ESE of San Clemente, Peru

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2019-12-05 03:23:16

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2019-12-05 03:39:54

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

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

432

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

1.836

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.77 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

138

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

mww

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us60006m8p

Id of event.

Event Code

60006m8p

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us60006m8p,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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