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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag strikes near Atiquipa in Peru


Earthquake location -15.8757S, -74.4597WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Atiquipa in Peru. Exact location of event, depth 29.259 km, -74.4597° West, -15.8757° South. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mu0g. Id of event: us7000mu0g. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/06/24 / 2024-06-22 20:46:45 / June 22, 2024 @ 8:46 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 20:46:45 / 8:46 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 29.259 km (18 miles).

Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Minas de Marcona (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 102 km (63 miles) from Minas de Marcona (c. 15 500 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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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: 13 km SW of Atiquipa, Peru.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -74.4597° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -15.8757° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 29.259 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13 km SW of Atiquipa, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-22 20:46:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-22 21:04:13 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 50 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.504 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.08 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 130 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 us7000mu0g Id of event.
Event Code 7000mu0g An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mu0g, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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