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Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near San Vicente de Cañete in Peru


Earthquake location -13.3077S, -76.6693WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 40 kilometers (25 miles) from San Vicente de Cañete in Peru on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 52.593 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/06/24 / 2024-06-19 00:48:13 / June 19, 2024 @ 12:48 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 52.593 km, -76.6693° West, -13.3077° South. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mtbv. Unique identifier: us7000mtbv. The temblor was reported at 00:48:13 / 12:48 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chilca, Mala, Villa Tupac Amaru. The epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Chincha Alta (c. 153 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Pisco (c. 61 900 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Nuevo Imperial (c. 32 300 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Imperial (c. 32 300 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from San Vicente de Cañete (c. 25 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Mala (c. 17 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from San Clemente (c. 15 800 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 40 km SW of San Vicente de Cañete, Peru.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -76.6693° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -13.3077° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 52.593 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 40 km SW of San Vicente de Cañete, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-19 00:48:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-19 02:28:49 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 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.323 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 161 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 us7000mtbv Id of event.
Event Code 7000mtbv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mtbv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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