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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Atiquipa in Peru


Earthquake location -15.9876S, -74.858WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Atiquipa in Peru on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude -74.858 West, latitude -15.9876 South, depth = 35 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 02:45:54 / 2:45 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000n9rh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n9rh. Global time and date of event 02/07/24 / 2024-07-02 02:45:54 / July 2, 2024 @ 2:45 am UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Minas de Marcona (c. 15 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Minas de Marcona (min 5000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 57 km WSW of Atiquipa, Peru. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -74.858° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -15.9876° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 57 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 2024-07-02 02:45:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-02 03:22:05 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 284 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 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.418 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.98 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 153 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 us6000n9rh Id of event.
Event Code 6000n9rh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n9rh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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