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Moderate earthquake, 5.5 mag strikes near Alianza Cristiana in Peru


Earthquake location -3.8887S, -76.6968WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) was reported 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Alianza Cristiana in Peru on Tuesday. Exact location of event, depth 99.526 km, -76.6968° West, -3.8887° South. Event id: us7000mt41. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mt41. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:22:10 / 2:22 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/06/24 / 2024-06-18 02:22:10 / June 18, 2024 @ 2:22 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 99.526 km (62 miles).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 105 km (65 miles) from Barranca (c. 5 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Barranca (min 5000 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.

Questions or comments?

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: 54 km SSW of Alianza Cristiana, Peru.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -76.6968° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -3.8887° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 99.526 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 54 km SSW of Alianza Cristiana, 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 02:22:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-18 02:41:36 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 4.174 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 465 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 102 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.724 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.91 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 99 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 us7000mt41 Id of event.
Event Code 7000mt41 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mt41, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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