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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Lluta in Peru

Posted by admin on April 21, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location -15.8021S, -71.8461WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Lluta in Peru. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 67.42 km (42 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:38:46 / 4:38 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/04/20 / 2020-04-13 21:38:46 / April 13, 2020 @ 9:38 pm. Exact location, longitude -71.8461° West, latitude -15.8021° South, depth = 67.42 km. Event id: us700090hq. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700090hq.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Orcopampa, Arequipa, Yura (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Arequipa (c. 841 100 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Lluta (c. 6 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Yura (c. 5 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Orcopampa (c. 5 600 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 29 km NE of Lluta, Peru.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.8461° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -15.8021° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 67.42 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 29km NE of Lluta, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-04-13 21:38:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-21 03:13:59 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 284 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 2.881 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.33 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 127 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 us700090hq Id of event.
Event Code 700090hq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us700090hq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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