Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Chancay in Peru

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Chancay in Peru. The epicenter was at a depth of 39.562 km (25 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:32:39 / 9:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -77.8333 West, latitude -11.9673 South, depth = 39.562 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/05/24 / 2024-05-05 09:32:39 / May 5, 2024 @ 9:32 am. Event id: us6000mwgs. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mwgs.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Luis, Surco, Lima (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Lima (c. 7 737 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Callao (c. 813 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Surco (c. 251 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from San Isidro (c. 68 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Huaral (c. 62 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Chancay (c. 27 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from San Luis (c. 8 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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.

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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: 75 km SW of Chancay, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-77.8333° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-11.9673° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	39.562 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	75 km SW of Chancay, 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 09:32:39	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-11 06:48:22	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	35	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.97	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.75 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	133	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	us6000mwgs	Id of event.
Event Code	6000mwgs	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000mwgs,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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