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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 15 km S of Chipispaya, Peru


Earthquake location -17.6358S, -70.192WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Chipispaya in Peru. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 115.89 km (72 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us70006yc1. Event ids that are associated: us70006yc1. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.192 West, latitude -17.6358 South, depth = 115.89 km. The temblor was picked up at 06:06:49 / 6:06 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/01/20 / 2020-01-11 11:06:49 / January 11, 2020 @ 11:06 am.

Earthquake epicenter was 43 km (26 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Moquegua (c. 54 500 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Ilabaya (c. 9 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Torata (c. 7 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Torata, Moquegua, Tacna (min 5000 pop).

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 twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 15 km S of Chipispaya, Peru.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.192° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -17.6358° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 115.89 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15km S of Chipispaya, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-01-11 11:06:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-11 11:29:09 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 271 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 0.68 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 196 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 us70006yc1 Id of event.
Event Code 70006yc1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70006yc1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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