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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Navarro in Peru


Earthquake location -5.8448S, -75.2804WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Navarro in Peru. Global time and date of event 05/05/24 / 2024-05-05 09:27:12 / May 5, 2024 @ 9:27 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -75.2804 West, latitude -5.8448 South, depth = 10.007 km. The temblor was detected at 09:27:12 / 9:27 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10.007 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000mwgq. Event ids that are associated: us6000mwgq.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yurimaguas, Lagunas (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Yurimaguas (c. 41 800 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Lagunas (c. 9 200 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 74 km NE of Navarro, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -75.2804° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.8448° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.007 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 74 km NE of Navarro, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-05 09:27:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-05 10:35:17 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 326 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 39 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.117 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.95 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 126 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 us6000mwgq Id of event.
Event Code 6000mwgq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mwgq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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