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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Acari in Peru

Posted by admin on March 30, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location -15.3483S, -74.4313WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Acari in Peru on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/03/20 / 2020-03-04 03:39:28 / March 4, 2020 @ 3:39 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 70.96 km (44 miles). The temblor was detected at 22:39:28 / 10:39 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us60008ckp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60008ckp. Exact location of earthquake, -74.4313° West, -15.3483° South, depth 70.96 km. 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 Tambo, Nazca, Puquio. Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Nazca (c. 23 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Minas de Marcona (c. 15 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Puquio (c. 10 500 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Coracora (c. 7 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Tambo (c. 5 000 pop).

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 21 km ENE of Acari, Peru.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -74.4313° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -15.3483° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 70.96 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21km ENE of Acari, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-03-04 03:39:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-03-30 23:43:37 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 298 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 4.08 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 147 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 us60008ckp Id of event.
Event Code 60008ckp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60008ckp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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