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Light earthquake 4.7 mag, 21 km WNW of Moquegua, Peru


Earthquake location -17.0993S, -71.1115WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Moquegua in Peru. Exact location, longitude -71.1115° West, latitude -17.0993° South, depth = 115.856 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mt6w. Unique identifier: us7000mt6w. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/06/24 / 2024-06-18 15:47:40 / June 18, 2024 @ 3:47 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 115.856 km (72 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 15:47:40 / 3:47 pm (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mollendo, Arequipa, Ilabaya (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Arequipa (c. 841 100 pop), 22 km (13 miles) from Moquegua (c. 54 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Ilo (c. 53 500 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Mollendo (c. 29 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Ilabaya (c. 9 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Cocachacra (c. 8 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Pacocha (c. 7 600 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 21 km WNW of Moquegua, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.1115° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -17.0993° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 115.856 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21 km WNW of Moquegua, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-18 15:47:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-18 17:27:45 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 340 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 48 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.462 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.23 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 134 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 us7000mt6w Id of event.
Event Code 7000mt6w An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mt6w, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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