Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Yuyapichis in Peru

A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Yuyapichis in Peru. Exact location of event, depth 9.503 km, -74.6941° West, -10.0665° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/05/24 / 2024-05-13 14:13:13 / May 13, 2024 @ 2:13 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 14:13:13 / 2:13 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.503 km (6 miles). Event id: us6000my9p. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000my9p.

Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 96 km (60 miles) from Oxapampa (c. 12 000 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Villa Rica (c. 7 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Villa Rica, Oxapampa.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 57 km SSE of Yuyapichis, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-74.6941° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-10.0665° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	9.503 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	57 km SSE of Yuyapichis, Peru	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-05-13 14:13:13	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-13 15:45:35	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	354	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	64	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.844	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.62 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	96	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	us6000my9p	Id of event.
Event Code	6000my9p	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000my9p,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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