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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Moyobamba in Peru

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Moyobamba in Peru. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 45.08 km (28 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:46:03 / 10:46 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 45.08 km, -76.6854° West, -5.7191° South. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000cc2y. Unique identifier: us7000cc2y. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/11/20 / 2020-11-08 10:46:03 / November 8, 2020 @ 10:46 am UTC/GMT.

Event epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Moyobamba (c. 44 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Yurimaguas (c. 41 800 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Rioja (c. 25 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Tabalosos (c. 14 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Lamas (c. 13 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Soritor (c. 10 900 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from San José de Sisa (c. 9 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San José de Sisa, Barranca, Lamas.

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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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: 47 km NE of Moyobamba, Peru.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-76.6854° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-5.7191° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	45.08 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	47 km 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	2020-11-08 10:46:03	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-11-08 11:06:42	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	340	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	4.429	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.97 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	143	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	us7000cc2y	Id of event.
Event Code	7000cc2y	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000cc2y,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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