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Moderate earthquake: M5.6 quake has struck near Tarata in Peru


Earthquake location -17.4037S, -69.4991WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Tarata in Peru. Exact location of earthquake, -69.4991° West, -17.4037° South, depth 163.272 km. Unique identifier: us7000myxn. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000myxn. Global time and date of event 12/07/24 / 2024-07-12 18:19:04 / July 12, 2024 @ 6:19 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 163.272 km (101 miles). The 5.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:19:04 / 6:19 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 105 km (65 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from Ilabaya (c. 9 500 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Desaguadero (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ilabaya, Desaguadero, Tacna (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).

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

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

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.4991° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -17.4037° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 163.272 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 57 km E of Tarata, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-12 18:19:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-12 18:38:02 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 482 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 168 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.186 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 86 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 us7000myxn Id of event.
Event Code 7000myxn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000myxn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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