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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Atiquipa in Peru


Earthquake location -15.952S, -74.7936WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Atiquipa in Peru. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:52:17 / 5:52 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/06/24 / 2024-06-28 05:52:17 / June 28, 2024 @ 5:52 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.515 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000n8tz. Event ids that are associated: us6000n8tz. Exact location of event, longitude -74.7936 West, latitude -15.952 South, depth = 27.515 km.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Minas de Marcona (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (55 miles) from Minas de Marcona (c. 15 500 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 49 km WSW of Atiquipa, Peru.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -74.7936° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -15.952° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 27.515 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 49 km WSW 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 2024-06-28 05:52:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-28 07:12:05 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 19 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.888 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 143 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 us6000n8tz Id of event.
Event Code 6000n8tz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n8tz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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