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Light earthquake, 4 mag strikes near Andahuaylas in Peru


Earthquake location -14.2355S, -73.475WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Andahuaylas in Peru. Event id: us700099yk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700099yk. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:02:23 / 9:02 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/04/20 / 2020-04-28 02:02:23 / April 28, 2020 @ 2:02 am. Exact location of event, depth 80.32 km, -73.475° West, -14.2355° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 80.32 km (50 miles) below the earth’s surface.

The epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Andahuaylas (c. 17 400 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Puquio (c. 10 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Talavera (c. 7 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from San Jerónimo (c. 5 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Tambo (c. 5 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puquio, Tambo, San Jerónimo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 64 km S of Andahuaylas, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -73.475° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -14.2355° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 80.32 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 64km S of Andahuaylas, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-04-28 02:02:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-04 22:48:30 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 246 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 3.969 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 124 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 us700099yk Id of event.
Event Code 700099yk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us700099yk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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