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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Pangoa in Peru


Earthquake location -12.2158S, -72.8087WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Pangoa in Peru. The temblor was picked up at 21:48:44 / 9:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -72.8087° West, -12.2158° South. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/07/24 / 2024-07-13 21:48:44 / July 13, 2024 @ 9:48 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mz47. Id of event: us7000mz47. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 25 100 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Pangoa (c. 6 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santa Ana, Pangoa (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 have been detected in the same area.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 23 km ESE of Pangoa, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -72.8087° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -12.2158° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23 km ESE of Pangoa, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-13 21:48:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-13 22:04:38 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 385 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 59 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.951 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 88 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 us7000mz47 Id of event.
Event Code 7000mz47 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mz47, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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