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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Cabanilla in Peru

Posted by admin on May 18, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -15.6574S, -70.4002WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Cabanilla in Peru on Saturday. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:29:07 / 8:29 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000mwad. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mwad. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 207.009 km (129 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 04/05/24 / 2024-05-04 08:29:07 / May 4, 2024 @ 8:29 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 207.009 km, -70.4002° West, -15.6574° South.

The epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Juliaca (c. 245 700 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Puno (c. 116 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Ayaviri (c. 19 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Ilave (c. 16 000 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Azángaro (c. 13 300 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Atuncolla (c. 12 700 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Hacienda Huancane (c. 7 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ilave, Ayaviri, Azángaro (min 5000 pop).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 7 km SW of Cabanilla, Peru.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.4002° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -15.6574° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 207.009 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km SW of Cabanilla, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-04 08:29:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-16 07:31:07 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 19 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.114 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.08 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 115 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 us6000mwad Id of event.
Event Code 6000mwad An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mwad, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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