Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag strikes near Changuillo in Peru

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Changuillo in Peru. Id of earthquake: us7000d1uw. Event ids that are associated: us7000d1uw. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 23:09:16 / 11:09 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -75.5198° West, -14.959° South, depth 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/01/21 / 2021-01-20 23:09:16 / January 20, 2021 @ 11:09 pm.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Juan Bautista, Subtanjalla, Ica (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 102 km (63 miles) from Ica (c. 246 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Nazca (c. 23 600 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Minas de Marcona (c. 15 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Santiago (c. 10 400 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from Subtanjalla (c. 9 100 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Los Aquijes (c. 7 800 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from San Juan Bautista (c. 6 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-75.5198° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-14.959° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	45 km SW 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	2021-01-20 23:09:16	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2021-01-20 23:26:11	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	432	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	3.221	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	146	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	us7000d1uw	Id of event.
Event Code	7000d1uw	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000d1uw,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.3 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-75.5198° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

-14.959° South

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

45 km SW 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

2021-01-20 23:09:16

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2021-01-20 23:26:11

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

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

432

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

3.221

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

146

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

us7000d1uw

Id of event.

Event Code

7000d1uw

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

Event IDS

,us7000d1uw,

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

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