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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag has occurred near Azángaro in Peru

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A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Azángaro in Peru. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.2557 West, latitude -14.9883 South, depth = 224.804 km. Event id: us6000mzxl. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mzxl. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:53:50 / 11:53 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/05/24 / 2024-05-20 23:53:50 / May 20, 2024 @ 11:53 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 224.804 km (140 miles).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Putina, Macusani, Puno (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Juliaca (c. 245 700 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Puno (c. 116 600 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from La Rinconada (c. 29 700 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Ayaviri (c. 19 300 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Azángaro (c. 13 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Atuncolla (c. 12 700 pop), 104 km (64 miles) from Putina (c. 8 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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: 10 km SW of Azángaro, Peru.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-70.2557° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-14.9883° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	224.804 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	10 km SW of Azángaro, 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 23:53:50	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-21 00:08:06	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	400	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	105	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.692	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.3 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	116	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000mzxl	Id of event.
Event Code	6000mzxl	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000mzxl,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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