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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Moyobamba in Peru


Earthquake location -5.7031S, -76.6614WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Moyobamba in Peru on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude -76.6614 West, latitude -5.7031 South, depth = 44.56 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/05/20 / 2020-05-09 04:27:41 / May 9, 2020 @ 4:27 am. 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 44.56 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:27:41 / 11:27 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us70009d30. Ids that are associated to the event: us70009d30.

Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Moyobamba (c. 44 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Yurimaguas (c. 41 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Rioja (c. 25 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Tabalosos (c. 14 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Lamas (c. 13 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Soritor (c. 10 900 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Jepelacio (c. 7 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Barranca, Lamas, Tabalosos (min 5000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 51 km NE of Moyobamba, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -76.6614° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.7031° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 44.56 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 51km NE of Moyobamba, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-05-09 04:27:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-09 04:44:44 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 326 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 4.415 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.58 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 141 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 us70009d30 Id of event.
Event Code 70009d30 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70009d30, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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