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Moderate earthquake 5.5 mag, 81 km SW of Islay (Matarani), Peru

Posted by admin on February 28, 2021 0 Comments

Earthquake location -17.5676S, -72.583WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Islay (Matarani) in Peru. Unique identifier: us7000de9a. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000de9a. The epicenter was at a depth of 9.65 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:16:03 / 2:16 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/02/21 / 2021-02-28 02:16:03 / February 28, 2021 @ 2:16 am. Exact location of earthquake, -72.583° West, -17.5676° South, depth 9.65 km.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Camaná, Cocachacra, Punta de Bombón. Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Mollendo (c. 29 000 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Camaná (c. 16 400 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Cocachacra (c. 8 800 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Punta de Bombón (c. 6 300 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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 has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 81 km SW of Islay (Matarani), Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -72.583° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -17.5676° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.65 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 81 km SW of Islay (Matarani), Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-02-28 02:16:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-28 02:34:29 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 465 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 2.277 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.37 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 mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000de9a Id of event.
Event Code 7000de9a An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000de9a, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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