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Moderate earthquake: M5.1 quake has struck near Chinchaypujio in Peru

Posted by admin on May 16, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -13.5455S, -72.4745WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Chinchaypujio in Peru. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 02:16:10 / 2:16 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/05/24 / 2024-05-02 02:16:10 / May 2, 2024 @ 2:16 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mvky. Id of event: us6000mvky. Exact location of earthquake, -72.4745° West, -13.5455° South, depth 10 km.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Talavera, Andahuaylas, San Jerónimo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 55 km (34 miles) from Cusco (c. 312 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Abancay (c. 55 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 25 100 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Andahuaylas (c. 17 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Calca (c. 9 200 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Urubamba (c. 7 500 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Talavera (c. 7 400 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 27 km WNW of Chinchaypujio, Peru.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -72.4745° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -13.5455° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 27 km WNW of Chinchaypujio, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-02 02:16:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-05 05:21:30 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 16 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 406 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 68 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.533 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.88 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 99 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 us6000mvky Id of event.
Event Code 6000mvky An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mvky, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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