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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Urasqui in Peru


Earthquake location -16.2289S, -72.838WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Urasqui in Peru on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 72.984 km (45 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:43:34 / 2:43 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n8ds. Id of event: us7000n8ds. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/08/24 / 2024-08-21 02:43:34 / August 21, 2024 @ 2:43 am. Exact location, longitude -72.838° West, latitude -16.2289° South, depth = 72.984 km.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lluta, Camaná (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Camaná (c. 16 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Lluta (c. 6 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).

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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 41 km ESE of Urasqui, Peru. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -72.838° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -16.2289° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 72.984 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 41 km ESE of Urasqui, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-21 02:43:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-21 20:49:15 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 259 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 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.197 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.62 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 134 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 us7000n8ds Id of event.
Event Code 7000n8ds An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n8ds, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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