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Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Lamas in Peru

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Lamas in Peru. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -76.5004 West, latitude -6.3144 South, depth = 117.88 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 117.88 km (73 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 10:23:58 / 10:23 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000apk3. Id of event: us7000apk3. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/07/20 / 2020-07-16 10:23:58 / July 16, 2020 @ 10:23 am.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bellavista, Rioja, Saposoa (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from Moyobamba (c. 44 300 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Yurimaguas (c. 41 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Rioja (c. 25 100 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Bellavista (c. 15 200 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Saposoa (c. 14 900 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Tabalosos (c. 14 700 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from Lamas (c. 13 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).

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. 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 11 km NNE of Lamas, Peru.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-76.5004° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-6.3144° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	117.88 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	11 km NNE of Lamas, Peru	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-07-16 10:23:58	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-07-16 12:45:05	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		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	312	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	4.021	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	144	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	us7000apk3	Id of event.
Event Code	7000apk3	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000apk3,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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