Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 76 km NNE of Puerto Ocopa, Peru

A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 76 km NNE of Puerto Ocopa, Peru (47 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000my59. Id of event: us6000my59. The epicenter was at a depth of 9.865 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 19:11:59 / 7:11 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -73.941 West, latitude -10.5582 South, depth = 9.865 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/05/24 / 2024-05-12 19:11:59 / May 12, 2024 @ 7:11 pm UTC/GMT.

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 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 occurred nearby.

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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: 76 km NNE of Puerto Ocopa, Peru.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-73.941° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-10.5582° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	9.865 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	76 km NNE of Puerto Ocopa, Peru	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-05-12 19:11:59	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-12 19:28:02	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	298	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	22	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	3.18	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.35 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	86	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	us6000my59	Id of event.
Event Code	6000my59	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000my59,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 76 km NNE of Puerto Ocopa, Peru

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