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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Tambo in Peru


Earthquake location -14.6337S, -73.7862WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Tambo in Peru on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mzv8. Unique identifier: us6000mzv8. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -73.7862 West, latitude -14.6337 South, depth = 86.216 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/05/24 / 2024-05-20 17:23:41 / May 20, 2024 @ 5:23 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 86.216 km (54 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:23:41 / 5:23 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 38 km (24 miles) from Puquio (c. 10 500 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Coracora (c. 7 400 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Tambo (c. 5 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Coracora, Puquio, Tambo.

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

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 23 km NE of Tambo, Peru.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -73.7862° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -14.6337° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 86.216 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23 km NE of Tambo, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-20 17:23:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-20 18:27:39 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 312 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 31 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.971 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.52 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 135 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 us6000mzv8 Id of event.
Event Code 6000mzv8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mzv8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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