Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near La Capilla in Peru

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 26 kilometers (16 miles) from La Capilla in Peru on Sunday. The temblor was reported at 08:31:45 / 8:31 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 118.01 km (73 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/04/24 / 2024-04-28 08:31:45 / April 28, 2024 @ 8:31 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 118.01 km, -71.4113° West, -16.8393° South. Id of earthquake: us6000mukk. Event ids that are associated: us6000mukk.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 51 km (32 miles) from Arequipa (c. 841 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Moquegua (c. 54 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Ilo (c. 53 500 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Mollendo (c. 29 000 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Cocachacra (c. 8 800 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Pacocha (c. 7 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ilo, Pacocha, Yura. Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).

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 has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 26 km WSW of La Capilla, Peru.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-71.4113° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-16.8393° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	118.01 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	26 km WSW of La Capilla, Peru	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-04-28 08:31:45	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-04-28 11:30:47	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	284	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	12	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.833	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.44 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	169	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	us6000mukk	Id of event.
Event Code	6000mukk	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000mukk,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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