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Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near Acarí in Peru


Earthquake location -15.3147S, -74.7433WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Acarí in Peru. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nn9f. Unique identifier: us6000nn9f. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/08/24 / 2024-08-07 22:18:44 / August 7, 2024 @ 10:18 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -74.7433° West, -15.3147° South, depth 61.65 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:18:44 / 10:18 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 61.65 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nazca, Minas de Marcona (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 58 km (36 miles) from Nazca (c. 23 600 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Minas de Marcona (c. 15 500 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 18 km NW of Acarí, Peru. This information 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 -74.7433° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -15.3147° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 61.65 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 18 km NW of Acarí, Peru Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-07 22:18:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-04 02:59:28 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 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.886 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.28 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 us6000nn9f Id of event.
Event Code 6000nn9f An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nn9f, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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