Moderate earthquake, 5.6 mag strikes near Changuillo in Peru

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Changuillo in Peru. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/10/20 / 2020-10-28 09:02:32 / October 28, 2020 @ 9:02 am. The temblor was picked up at 09:02:32 / 9:02 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -75.6744 West, latitude -14.9272 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000c6p3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000c6p3. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Juan Bautista, Subtanjalla, Ica. Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). The epicenter was 96 km (59 miles) from Ica (c. 246 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Nazca (c. 23 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Minas de Marcona (c. 15 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Santiago (c. 10 400 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Subtanjalla (c. 9 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Los Aquijes (c. 7 800 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from San Juan Bautista (c. 6 900 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Palpa (c. 5 900 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-75.6744° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-14.9272° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	56 km WSW of Changuillo, Peru	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-10-28 09:02:32	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-10-28 09:25:53	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	5.84	The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level	green	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	482	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	3.135	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.79 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	131	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us7000c6p3	Id of event.
Event Code	7000c6p3	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000c6p3,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.6 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-75.6744° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

-14.9272° South

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

56 km WSW of Changuillo, Peru

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2020-10-28 09:02:32

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2020-10-28 09:25:53

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

5.84

The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.

Alert Level

green

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

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

482

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

3.135

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.79 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

131

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

mww

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us7000c6p3

Id of event.

Event Code

7000c6p3

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us7000c6p3,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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